We are camped at Westgate River Ranch 
near Lake Wales, which claims to be the "World's Largest Dude Ranch". Yesterday was our 8th wedding anniversary, and I had told Dorcas we were going to the "World's Largest Nude Ranch" to celebrate. She didn't buy it. We are attending a rally of Country Coach owners hosted by the Florida Coast Alongs, a regional Country Coach owners club. The rally has a western theme, of course, and a lot of activities and events are offered. The day we arrived, we all enjoyed a hayride around the perimeter of the ranch and into the KICCO Wildlife Management Area (kiss-oh: Kissimmee Island Cattle Company), a 7,000 acre preserve adjacent to the resort. The area is rich in cattle 
and ranching history, as much of Florida once was, and still is. Other activities included admission to the rodeo and a choice of (pick one) an air boat ride, a swamp buggy ride, horseback riding, golf, or skeet shooting. We aren't really into guns, golf or horses, so our first choice was the swamp buggy, mainly because the buggies looked so cool. But when we went to sign up we learned that the "swamp" was dry and that the buggy would drive the same route we had taken on the hayride the day before. BOOORING! Plan B was the air boat ride, however, when we went to 
sign up for that, we found some friends who were negotiating for a pontoon boat alternative. The pontoon boat was an unadvertised option, but a friend, who was also an owner at the RV park, told us we could pool our vouchers to get the pontoon boat. The more vouchers, the longer we could keep the boat. In the end, 
there were seven of us, and we got the boat for three hours. During that three hours we cruised the Kissimmee River watching alligators, birds and cows. We had much more fun and saw much more wildlife than those folks on those noisy air boats! On Saturday night we went to the rodeo, a first for me. Big fun watching bronco riding, cattle roping, bull riding and barrel racing. Yee haw!!
The Florida Coast Alongs will not let us join their club since we are not Florida residents (at least not officially). As non-members, however, we can still attend two Coast Along rallies each year. They are a fun group, so we'll try to do some more rallies with them next winter.
near Lake Wales, which claims to be the "World's Largest Dude Ranch". Yesterday was our 8th wedding anniversary, and I had told Dorcas we were going to the "World's Largest Nude Ranch" to celebrate. She didn't buy it. We are attending a rally of Country Coach owners hosted by the Florida Coast Alongs, a regional Country Coach owners club. The rally has a western theme, of course, and a lot of activities and events are offered. The day we arrived, we all enjoyed a hayride around the perimeter of the ranch and into the KICCO Wildlife Management Area (kiss-oh: Kissimmee Island Cattle Company), a 7,000 acre preserve adjacent to the resort. The area is rich in cattle 
and ranching history, as much of Florida once was, and still is. Other activities included admission to the rodeo and a choice of (pick one) an air boat ride, a swamp buggy ride, horseback riding, golf, or skeet shooting. We aren't really into guns, golf or horses, so our first choice was the swamp buggy, mainly because the buggies looked so cool. But when we went to sign up we learned that the "swamp" was dry and that the buggy would drive the same route we had taken on the hayride the day before. BOOORING! Plan B was the air boat ride, however, when we went to 
sign up for that, we found some friends who were negotiating for a pontoon boat alternative. The pontoon boat was an unadvertised option, but a friend, who was also an owner at the RV park, told us we could pool our vouchers to get the pontoon boat. The more vouchers, the longer we could keep the boat. In the end, 
there were seven of us, and we got the boat for three hours. During that three hours we cruised the Kissimmee River watching alligators, birds and cows. We had much more fun and saw much more wildlife than those folks on those noisy air boats! On Saturday night we went to the rodeo, a first for me. Big fun watching bronco riding, cattle roping, bull riding and barrel racing. Yee haw!!The Florida Coast Alongs will not let us join their club since we are not Florida residents (at least not officially). As non-members, however, we can still attend two Coast Along rallies each year. They are a fun group, so we'll try to do some more rallies with them next winter.
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