点评:OMGosh! Where to start? The Ranch is like entering heaven; it’s so lusciously green and the air smells so clean…until you get closer to the massive grill, then the yummy scents coming off it makes your mouth water!
Natalie, a third generation family member and her associates were all incredibly charming and self deprecating. They gave us drinks: beer, wines, juices and water to start and showed us to the bathrooms before we left on a ranch tour. ..Starting with a view of the river. Normally they have approximately 30 feet of private beach, but not when we visited. The winds made the beach disappear but the views from there were sublime. From there we saw a portion of their beef steers, the summer crops, wind turbines and all the various trees imported and planted by past generations... before enjoying fresh water from their own deep aquifer, seeing their Model A in action and their antique water pump that still works. Then, we were off to lunch. A Fabulous outdoor BBQ, with an excellent variety of meats, grilled vegetables, salads, desserts and more drinks to help ourselves to…We sat in a covered area with tables and chairs. While waiting for the food, we enjoyed visiting the diary cows and horses, riding in an old fashion buggy or checking out the gorgeous handmade crafts made by the women’s cooperative. During lunch we were wonderfully entertained by the young, darlingly talented tango dancers who totally charmed us. Afterwards, some went to milk a cow while some of us went off with Natalie and her assistant to learn more about the ranch’s horses…including a beautiful Arabian. Mostly their working horses were Criollos, that were similar in size and confirmation to USA quarter horses or mustangs. I so wanted to try out their particular type of saddle. It looked far more comfortable than our Western ones for both the horse and rider.
Before leaving we were treated to coffee, more drinks and their delightful dulce de leche cookies. We all decided it was one of our BEST EXCURSIONS EVER!!!
翻译:天哪!从哪里开始呢?牧场就像进入天堂;它是如此的绿意盎然,空气闻起来如此清新……直到你靠近巨大的烤架,然后飘出的美味香味让你垂涎欲滴!
第三代家族成员娜塔莉和她的同事都非常迷人和谦逊。他们给我们提供了饮料:啤酒、葡萄酒、果汁和水,并在我们离开牧场参观之前带我们去了洗手间。……从河景开始。通常他们有大约 30 英尺的私人海滩,但我们去的时候没有。风吹得海滩消失了,但那里的景色非常壮观。从那里,我们看到了他们的一部分肉牛、夏季作物、风力涡轮机和前几代进口和种植的各种树木……然后享受来自他们自己深层含水层的淡水,看到他们的 A 型机器在运转,他们的古董水泵仍然在工作。然后,我们去吃午饭了。一场美妙的户外烧烤,有各种肉类、烤蔬菜、沙拉、甜点和更多饮料供我们自己享用……我们坐在有桌椅的有顶区域。在等待食物的时候,我们喜欢参观奶牛和马,乘坐老式马车或欣赏妇女合作社制作的精美手工工艺品。午餐期间,我们被年轻可爱的探戈舞者逗得大开眼界,他们完全迷住了我们。之后,一些人去挤牛奶,而我们中的一些人则与 Natalie 和她的助手一起去了解牧场的马匹……包括一匹漂亮的阿拉伯马。他们的工作马大多是克里奥尔马,大小和形状与美国的夸特马或野马相似。我真的很想试试他们特别的马鞍。它看起来比我们的西方马鞍舒服得多,对马和骑手来说都是如此。
离开之前,我们喝了咖啡、更多饮料和美味的牛奶焦糖饼干。我们都认为这是我们有史以来最棒的一次旅行!!!