This past weekend we got the chance to get away with a few people from our small group. We headed out to Shackelford County to a family owned ranch. Our small group leader has had this ranch in his family for a long long time. It was great to get away from the big city and suburbia and enjoy the beautiful scenery and great friends.
Once we got out there we all picked a cabin to stay in not before Chris walked in a on a few occupied rooms. (Awkward!) This time Chris and I were luckily able to get one with a shower. Last time we had an old school bath tub... which was a different experience. Once we got settled in all of the guys gathered their small arsenal of weapons we headed out to shoot some skeet. We had enough weapons to invade a small country it seemed. We all got a chance at shooting, usually I do pretty good at that kind of stuff, but this time not so much. We will blame it on the wind. Later that night we all sat down to a great dinner and just had great conversation. We ended the evening with hilarious games and of course my favorite, smores. The men ended up taking a trip out into the country to do what else... but shoot things. I am afraid to say it but they pretty much annihilated some skunks and few other animals. I'm sure that'll make a good story someday.
Early the next morning we headed into the mess hall for breakfast. Then we proceeded to wait around until the guys got all of the horses saddled up and ready to go for a morning ride. It took them a while since only 2 of them really knew how to do it. The theme of the weekend was..."how many guys does it take to_____" I'll let you fill in the blank, almost everything we did it took quite a few of them to figure things out. We finally got all saddled up and headed out for a nice hour ride. Now these were cattle horses so not your typical run of the mill trail horses. When one started to gallop they all galloped/ran. It was a beautiful day with great weather to get out an about. We finished our trail riding session and came in for some lunch, and after that we headed back out to shoot once more. This time with hand guns, so the men set up multiple targets for them to shoot at. It was quite entertaining to watch. Then when the sun started to set we headed back to the camp grounds and started to cook dinner. Good food, good wine, good people... what else could you ask for. After we wrapped up dinner we played some more games. Saturday night was probably the most fun, we learned alot about people that night and there was definitely some interesting topics. You know who you are...
Monday we woke up and started to help cook breakfast, and then we all just packed things up and headed home. It was a great weekend and we can't wait for another chance to head back out there. We are so thankful that God has given us such great friends that we can count on and do life with.
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