Labor Day Weekend 2007
A holiday weekend at Cloud 9 Ranch is full of members, member’s guest and lots of various activities. You have a very large selection of things to do and see. I will let somebody else expand on those activities, because every time I am on the Ranch, I am on Ranch Time and getting to most of the activities is, let’s say, difficult for Steve and I. I will explain RANCH TIME in a different post.
As the saying goes, when you are at Cloud 9 Ranch, you can make your time exactly what you want it to be!!!
On Thursday evening an identical Raptor Toyhauler pulled into the site one down from me. Now everybody knows if somebody has the same kind of taste that you have, they must become your new best friends!!! Phil and Sherri Hayes was the owner of that Raptor, they are from Lee’s Summit, Missouri and has been a member for about three years now. Steve and I have enjoyed getting to know Phil, Sherri, Peyton and Taylor; we consider them another treasure from the Ranch. Although we didn’t get to go riding together over that weekend, we did get together around a camp fire once or twice during that weekend and we did keep in touch and ended up spending a couple of weekends together at the ranch in 2008.
On any night of Holiday weekend, it is a site to see the ATV’s going up and down the paved roads from Hill Country to the valley. It was a constant stream of ATV’s and UTV’s. Now you would think that with so many ATV’s on the ranch it would be noisy, but it really is not. It is just the preferred method of transportation at the ranch!!
We brought Steve’s cousin down to spend Labor Day weekend, by the time they left the ranch they were members!!! It is fun showing the ranch and watching the expressions of guest, you know if somebody sees the ranch they are sold. I think Phil and Sherri have shown the ranch eight times and all of those guests have become members. Once you get to the ranch, you will fall in love with the ranch.
A CULTURE SHOCK…
Labor Day Monday there was a mass exit from the ranch. Everybody was packing up and going home, but I still had another week to stay. Steve left on Monday to return on Friday, the Hayes packed up to head back to Lee’s Summit, and the Duncan’s were happy to be new members, but also had to pack their trailer and head back to Rolla. Aeryn and I were settling in for another week at the Ranch.
One of the rules at the ranch is that if you stay more than 30 days on the ranch, you have to move from one campground to another. Another rule is after October 15th, you need to move to Hill Country or Powder Mills if you plan to stay the winter. Tuesday morning after Labor Day the full-timers started migrating to Hill Country. Everybody that was around me the week before moved and a whole new set of campers moved in. So those neighbors I had last week are gone and I have new neighbors this week!!
Another event that happens after Labor Day is the shutting down of facilities. The pools close, the gas station and Trading Post is on shortened hours and the stables are on weekends only. Now you may think that you would not want to stay around the ranch, but you will. The ranch becomes peaceful and quiet and this is the time when you really feel as if the ranch is your own. It is a great time to be at the ranch, every evening that week after Labor Day, there was always somebody coming by my camper and inviting me to do something!!! One night, I was invited to a fish fry at the Big Top and afterwards some of the members played music. On that evening I met, Jack (I don’t think that is his name, but I named him that) and his wife Jackie from DeSoto Missouri. I met Bubba and Judy who are originally from Florida but now split their time between Texas and the Ranch. I met Larry and Deanna Armstrong from West Plains and a slew of other people that are either part-timers or full-timers.
Another evening I played Hillbilly Golf with Jack, Jackie and some other people that were parked up in Hill Country. Another evening was a chili supper. So while many things changed, all of it was another positive aspect of the ranch.
Another aspect of the week after Labor Day was the beauty of the ranch. The morning air was cool and as Aeryn and I took our morning walks around Hill Country we would watch the fog lift from the valley towards Wilder Springs. This is one of those moments of special beauty that Cloud 9 Ranch provides its members.
It is all good at Cloud 9 Ranch…
Mag
A holiday weekend at Cloud 9 Ranch is full of members, member’s guest and lots of various activities. You have a very large selection of things to do and see. I will let somebody else expand on those activities, because every time I am on the Ranch, I am on Ranch Time and getting to most of the activities is, let’s say, difficult for Steve and I. I will explain RANCH TIME in a different post.
As the saying goes, when you are at Cloud 9 Ranch, you can make your time exactly what you want it to be!!!
On Thursday evening an identical Raptor Toyhauler pulled into the site one down from me. Now everybody knows if somebody has the same kind of taste that you have, they must become your new best friends!!! Phil and Sherri Hayes was the owner of that Raptor, they are from Lee’s Summit, Missouri and has been a member for about three years now. Steve and I have enjoyed getting to know Phil, Sherri, Peyton and Taylor; we consider them another treasure from the Ranch. Although we didn’t get to go riding together over that weekend, we did get together around a camp fire once or twice during that weekend and we did keep in touch and ended up spending a couple of weekends together at the ranch in 2008.
On any night of Holiday weekend, it is a site to see the ATV’s going up and down the paved roads from Hill Country to the valley. It was a constant stream of ATV’s and UTV’s. Now you would think that with so many ATV’s on the ranch it would be noisy, but it really is not. It is just the preferred method of transportation at the ranch!!
We brought Steve’s cousin down to spend Labor Day weekend, by the time they left the ranch they were members!!! It is fun showing the ranch and watching the expressions of guest, you know if somebody sees the ranch they are sold. I think Phil and Sherri have shown the ranch eight times and all of those guests have become members. Once you get to the ranch, you will fall in love with the ranch.
A CULTURE SHOCK…
Labor Day Monday there was a mass exit from the ranch. Everybody was packing up and going home, but I still had another week to stay. Steve left on Monday to return on Friday, the Hayes packed up to head back to Lee’s Summit, and the Duncan’s were happy to be new members, but also had to pack their trailer and head back to Rolla. Aeryn and I were settling in for another week at the Ranch.
One of the rules at the ranch is that if you stay more than 30 days on the ranch, you have to move from one campground to another. Another rule is after October 15th, you need to move to Hill Country or Powder Mills if you plan to stay the winter. Tuesday morning after Labor Day the full-timers started migrating to Hill Country. Everybody that was around me the week before moved and a whole new set of campers moved in. So those neighbors I had last week are gone and I have new neighbors this week!!
Another event that happens after Labor Day is the shutting down of facilities. The pools close, the gas station and Trading Post is on shortened hours and the stables are on weekends only. Now you may think that you would not want to stay around the ranch, but you will. The ranch becomes peaceful and quiet and this is the time when you really feel as if the ranch is your own. It is a great time to be at the ranch, every evening that week after Labor Day, there was always somebody coming by my camper and inviting me to do something!!! One night, I was invited to a fish fry at the Big Top and afterwards some of the members played music. On that evening I met, Jack (I don’t think that is his name, but I named him that) and his wife Jackie from DeSoto Missouri. I met Bubba and Judy who are originally from Florida but now split their time between Texas and the Ranch. I met Larry and Deanna Armstrong from West Plains and a slew of other people that are either part-timers or full-timers.
Another evening I played Hillbilly Golf with Jack, Jackie and some other people that were parked up in Hill Country. Another evening was a chili supper. So while many things changed, all of it was another positive aspect of the ranch.
Another aspect of the week after Labor Day was the beauty of the ranch. The morning air was cool and as Aeryn and I took our morning walks around Hill Country we would watch the fog lift from the valley towards Wilder Springs. This is one of those moments of special beauty that Cloud 9 Ranch provides its members.
It is all good at Cloud 9 Ranch…
Mag
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