We love the Shepp Ranch. It’s a little like being on a cruise ship - meals are served at regular intervals family style, there are activities (guided or unguided) - fly fishing, hiking, hunting, swimming, hot tubbing, riding, etc., you stay in your own private cabin complete with a wood burning stove for those cold mornings and evenings, electricity from a generator, you get a chance to meet and interact with other ranch guests, and oh, did I mention food??? The food is fabulous and plentiful. Mike and Lynn Demerse have managed and run the ranch for 33 years now - they feel like family! Mike always takes us out fly fishing at various spots up and down the Salmon River several times, or we can just walk up Crooked Creek from our cabin and fish to our hearts content.
I caught and released this nice rainbow on the creek the last morning of our stay. We’re thinking about going back next year for either the spring or fall Steelhead season - something we have never done.Here is my current work in progress - Winter Wonderland by Meg Hawkey of Crabapple Hill Studio. Please forgive the basting stitches I haven't pulled yet!
I’m on the final stitchery, the holly border, then I will begin making the outside blocks.
I just love Meg’s patterns! I also have the patterns and fabric ready to go for Zelda’s Fancy Hat, Halloween Journey, and Over the River and Through the Woods. Several quilt shops in my area have had her for full-day classes, but I can never seem to get in one before it fills up! One of these days I'll make that class for sure!
Don’t forget to leave me a comment and help me name my new bike! You can either comment on this or the original post below. Contest ends Friday September 26th
Happy Fall!
Candace
7 comments:
Thanks for stopping by and commenting on my blog Candice. Sorry I didn't reply directly but you have your email set at no-reply. That parcel was such a stunner. I hope you enjoy your first swap.
Love the new project Candace, and the latest fishing picture! Those are so great! Your trip to the ranch sounds fantastic, exactly the sort of place Jim and I would call home, LOL. I was just telling him today, I wish he'd take up consulting or something so we could go back to living in the boonies with nothing but squirrels, deer and rabbits for neighbors. Ah... the life!
Linda, still getting the hang of this, thanks for letting me know!
CJ, I could see you and Jim running Shepp Ranch - Lynn has been telling Mike they ought to think about something else to do and Mike says when she thinks of something better to do to let him know! I can't ever see how Mike could live without that place - it certainly is one of the last "outposts"!
Love your snowman stichery. I can't seem to find anything like that where I live. I'm enviouse.
Pam
Hi Pam,
If you click on the Crabapple Hill link in my post it will take you to their site and you can purchase that pattern or many more from there!
Oops, I left a name for your bike and it is too late! Sorry; saw the 26th and thought it was the deadline. Anyway, I love the embroidery. You did a very nice job.
Karen,
Thanks for catching my boo-boo - the deadline for my naming contest is Sept 26th! I have edited the post to reflect this - no wonder I wasn't getting any more entrants! So you're still in the running!
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