Linda Morse (the now former owner) just posted on a 2021 PCT FB site. No idea if the new owner will open for hikers. Add that it is basically a home w/swimming pool but also has/had a hiker store, a hostel like bunk house, and separate showers for hikers just tent camping. Tasty prepared foods too.
When I visited the only weird thing was they didn’t care for zeroes and preferred neroes. If I were running a biz I wouldn’t really care but to each their own
I'm a bit late to the game listening to the recent JRE episode with George Knapp & Jeremy. They talk for a good 30 minutes or more about Skinwalker ranch and the area surrounding. They get soooo much wrong. It quickly became apparent to me how much they wanted the paranormal to be real. How do I know? Because I grew up on a cattle ranch right next to Skinwalker ranch in Utah. The VAST majority of the people in that area do not believe in UFOs, nor have they seen anything out of the ordinary. Most of my family have never even heard of "Skinwalker ranch" despite living right by it!
Strange things happen, or rather there are a few strange folk tales that we hear about (which is extremely common in small rural towns), but most of ours revolved around the Native American lore (hence the name Skinwalker) and never anything to do with UFOs.
If it really is a "hotbed of paranormal activity" as George puts it, then damn. That upsets me. Because it tells me I may never see anything. Because I STILL LIVE HERE but I have yet to meet a single person in my 34 years with a credible story of a UFO sighting out here.
Just curious if anyone has ever been to a dude/guest ranch solo (more specifically the ones that are all-inclusive)? A few of them don’t even charge a single supplement, and some of them that do are a minimal cost.
I love the idea of horseback riding all day, the communal meals, other activities such as archery and hiking, and maybe some time in a pool/hot tub or a massage (a little bit of luxury wouldn’t hurt, but it doesn’t have to be a luxury guest ranch by any stretch).
I have been looking in Montana, Wyoming and Arizona, but I’d love to hear about any location. Obviously right now the wildfires and smoke are affecting the American West. I am curious what time of year you traveled as it seems this would largely affect the experience.
What ranch did you stay at? How long did you stay? Did you meet a lot of people? Would you recommend this trip solo? What were the advantages and disadvantages of being there solo?
I think with everything that Matt does from guns, to being a veterinarian, to owning his own shirt printing business and re-building cars and renovating old houses. it would make for some really interesting conversations.
Hi Weddit,
The last of the thank you cards are finally done! In the months leading up to the wedding, I lurked hard in this subreddit, which has been incredibly helpful - especially the budget breakdowns. So I figured I would share our own!
We got engaged in April 2017, and started the planning process in June 2017 for our September 15, 2018 wedding.
Originally, my fiancé (now husband!) and I were content with having a city hall ceremony with immediate family followed by an outrageous meal (think: French Laundry) for a fraction of the cost of a wedding. Cue parental dismay and my father’s sad musing: “City hall? What’s the point…” (I am the only daughter in the family). So we girdled up and set about planning a wedding for ~150 guests in the notoriously expensive Bay Area (we both live and work in San Francisco).
Our initial budget was $60k, based on very light research via the internets. After visiting a few venues and calling caterers for cost breakdown, we revised our range up to $70k. Our big three priorities were: location (within <1 hr drive for everyone, including those flying in to SF or Oakland), delicious food, and open bar.
Final guest count (140 people): We invited 200 people (including overseas relatives), of which 140 attended (125 adults, 15 children).
Rehearsal Dinner ($3,000): Because we weren’t incorporating and cultural elements to our ceremony and reception, we decided to have a traditional Chinese banquet rehearsal dinner that our family definitely enjoyed. We invited immediate family, family that had traveled in from Taiwan, and the bridal party, which was 36 people total.
Venue ($6,500): This was the hardest for us to find and choose. We went with a working ranch in Livermore, CA that was extremely rustic - on the scale of “rustic chic” to BYOBathrooms, it was literally BYOBathrooms. The fee included use of the venue for the weekend, including the main ranch house (for bridal suite) and rustic bunkhouse (for groom). While we weren’t gunning for a rustic wedding, the venue was a great fit - he is passionate about sustainable agriculture / agtech, and I grew up in a farming town and love the outdoors.
The location was convenient for friends coming from San Francisco and the 30+ relatives we had coming from different parts of the South Bay Area. Driving would take about ~1 hour, and hotels in the area were relatively inexpensive compared to other popular weddin
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TL;DR need suggestions for timeline of a little wedding (40) where ceremony/reception are in the same yard, pics before or after ceremony, should guests move their own chair from ceremony to dinner table, how to orchestrate/offer accommodations if some are less than ideal (i.e. shared room or bathroom).
Fiance and I were offered a GREAT deal by a family friend: we can use her beautiful multi-acre property (no neighbors) not only to host the wedding and reception, but also provide on-site accommodation for our guests for a long weekend or week for up to 40 people. We're only being charged $1,000 for the cost of cleaning/prep of the property. It's a 4 hour drive from our home and from most of our guests so ppl would want to stay at least the night. There's a huge groomed yard with big trees providing plenty of shade in the afternoon, a lake with a dock, beautiful huge house right next to the yard where most guests would stay and several other smaller studio/apartments around the property. We can bring our dog. It's amazingly perfect for what we wanted: something low-key with our closest friends/family and plenty of time to just enjoy ourselves together. It offers the flexibility to do whatever we want and much of it DIY. We can offer both group activities to take part in during the week like hiking, winery tour, etc. as well as open times/ideas for ppl to do their own thing like play in the lake.
Because it's so small we're not having a wedding party or a DJ/dance floor. A friend will officiate, we will make our own playlist and another friend is going to be my day-of-coordinator so she can help with timeline/music cues. If people feel like dancing later in the evening we'll change up the music, no biggie. We've found an adorable food truck caterer and mobile bar local to the area and we're looking at renting farmhouse style tables (my splurge!) that we'd put end-to-end with one at the top to make a T (seemed silly to have 4 or 5 separate tables, and I love the banquet table look). We will string up lights all over the yard. Maybe have a fire pit and s'mores.
My big questions for this style of wedding:
- Half the yard could be set up with chairs facing an arch for the ceremony and the other half would have the table with decor/place settings. Obviously, I don't want to order double the chairs, but I won't have staff to move them either... is it rude to have the officiant ask guests to just move their chair 20 ft to their p
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