Winter Vacation to a Wyoming Ranch

Valentines weekend. For those who don't know, my husband Chris' birthday is on Valentines Day. This year he turned 30, so to celebrate the Valen-Birth-Day, we took a short trip to the extremely small town of Roberston, Wyoming. For those who also don't know, when I am not doing Amy Anne Photography, I am working for Julie Shipman, photographer extraordinaire. She is fortunate enough to own a ranch in Robertson, Wyoming and offered for Chris and I to spend the weekend there. We left on Friday afternoon. It was a gorgeous day! There is a gentleman that takes care of the ranch and he had told us to keep our eye out for wildlife around the Echo Lake area. Chris and I were stunned. We had to have seen over 500 deer, a heard of elk (with huge bucks), one red fox, two big eagles and 3 moose! All this in the Echo area. And then, once we arrived at the ranch, we saw 2 more moose about 150 yards from the cabin! It was incredible. There was a lot more snow at the ranch than we expected ( it was knee deep) so we weren't able to explore like we wanted to, but it was beautiful. The place is incredibly peaceful and isolated. There is no TV, no Internet, no distractions. Needless to say, it was the relaxing weekend that we both needed. Here are a few images of the pasture's surrounding the cabin. When the sun would set, the pink, soft winter light was stunning. Don't forget to click on the images if you want to view them larger.


The cabin with my trusty chocolate lab, Felony, posing on the deck.











This is what the Robertson locals must do for fun (all 1000 of them).


Blue Sky windmills just off the I-80 freeway. They are so huge and ominous looking when you are standing below them. These pictures don't do the size justice.