Here are some of the long awaited cabin pictures!! And in all honesty they don't do justice to the beautiful interior. Notice the nice big windows though! And the high ceiling and loft area to the left. We haven't furnished it fully yet, and the kitchen area is still undergoing plumbing details, but we hope to have a GRAND OPENING in two weeks!! Look for more cabin photos next week!

Here are some ranch photos I thought you might enjoy. The sky was beautifully pink and the air was still, and all I could smell was freshly mown hay and cool night air. Summer Evenings on PV Ranch are experiences you don't want to miss.

It's haying season! This is the fun part of early fall - throwing bales at dusk with a bunch of friends. Above meet two of our most handy ranch hands, (second picture - Brittani Pauls, third picture - Adam Trainer) Adam is our hardworking ranch volunteer, and PV Ranch Adventures foreman. He is currently painstakingly finishing all the little details on our brand new beautiful cabins, plus throwing in an extra hand at any old ranch chore.
Brittani is our grunt laborer, and will soon be our very own horse chiropractor to make sure all our horses are in tiptop shape for riding and rounding up those stubborn cows!
Tomorrow morning post: beautiful sunset pictures of the ranch.

(Mr. Heppner's draft horse snuffles a mitten...) Bob will hopefully be pulling a sleigh for vacationers who visit our PV Ranch Adventures in the winter months! ... hint hint to our wonderful neighbor... who we hope will also be a campfire story teller over at the cabins? What do ya say Gary?



So I promised a quick note about how PV Ranch came to have its name. Over thirty-five years ago Cornelius Pauls was stuck in his city job looking out the window at all the farmers on the coast with longing so he said to his friend Mr. Vanny "let's go!" (hence the PV). What came next was two families toiling away logging, clearing land, selling fence posts for money until they made the small farm they bought into the beautiful, lush acreage you see in these pictures. (pictures taken coming home from a cattle drive)

Walking down the Granby Park Trail (close to our ranch) is an amazing experience in green. Surrounded by tall cedars and moss covered ground the path is easy to follow and beautiful with a canyon and small waterfall as a reward at the end. This will be a hike often experienced in the summer and fall of our PV Adventures vacation.
P.S. Our cabin pictures are coming soon!! Honestly!
Next post: why we're called PV Ranch Adventures.

Cattle driving!

There's nothing like sitting on the back of a beautiful horse heading up to the middle of nowhere chasing some slow moving cows! Cattle drives are a main part of our ranch vacationing during the summer months. They provide beautiful scenery and fun moments (cows never like to go straight).


Quiet, peace. Sounds of wind and the gentle call of cattle. Surrounded by mountainous wilderness as far as the eye can see...

So, here is a picture of Al (ranch boss) and George (pv ranch adventures investor AND ranch hand) fixing our John Deer Tractor. Which is a regular part of ranch work! And also a good excuse to come in for a coffee break! And a quote that's often heard muttered in the background by the peanut gallery (me! or whoever happens to be watching) "Too many chiefs, not enough hands" This quote is often heard muttered in the corral too!

And here is another future PV ranch hand - and present cause of missing tractor keys and general patience testor for Al sitting on our ford tractor - it takes more than one tractor to keep the farm going! So any little boys and girls who would like to sit on a big green tractor come on over and try it out!

Below are some friendly faces you will get
to meet! And though there's not too many brains
behind those faces they seem to do just fine outsmarting the ranch hands from time to time!