{"id":7698,"date":"2018-06-01T23:02:46","date_gmt":"2018-06-01T23:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/?p=7698"},"modified":"2018-06-01T23:02:46","modified_gmt":"2018-06-01T23:02:46","slug":"the-good-the-bad-and-the-chubby-at-diamond-horseshoe-ranch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bucksurdu.com\/bucksblog\/2018\/06\/01\/the-good-the-bad-and-the-chubby-at-diamond-horseshoe-ranch\/","title":{"rendered":"The Good, the Bad, and the Chubby at Diamond Horseshoe Ranch"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mceTemp\"><\/div>\n<p>We didn&#8217;t have time for a long vacation this year, so we decided to spend a few days on a dude ranch in Arkansas. \u00a0It was a terrific vacation!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7686\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7686\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_5015.jpg\" class=\"broken_link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-7686\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_5015-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7686\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Good, the Bad, and the Chubby<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h1>Day 0<\/h1>\n<p>We traveled to Diamond Horseshoe Ranch in Arkansas. \u00a0 We arrived on Sunday afternoon in time for dinner in the mess hall, a little time in the game room, and some time in the pool.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7687\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7687\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMGP3428.jpg\" class=\"broken_link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-7687\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMGP3428.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"331\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7687\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The entrance to Horseshoe Canyon Ranch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7697\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7697\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMGP3444.jpg\" class=\"broken_link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-7697\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMGP3444.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"331\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7697\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A view of Horseshoe Canyon Ranch. Goats and horses ran wild around the ranch.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7688\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7688\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMGP3430.jpg\" class=\"broken_link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-7688\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMGP3430.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"331\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7688\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The bedroom in our cabin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7689\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7689\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMGP3431.jpg\" class=\"broken_link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-7689\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMGP3431.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"331\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7689\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The loft in our cabin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7690\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7690\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMGP3432.jpg\" class=\"broken_link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-7690\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMGP3432.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"331\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7690\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The main part of the cabin from the upper floor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7696\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7696\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMGP3442.jpg\" class=\"broken_link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-7696\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMGP3442.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"331\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7696\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sam, the Ping Pong hustler<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7695\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7695\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMGP3440.jpg\" class=\"broken_link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-7695\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMGP3440.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"331\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7695\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tom, the pool shark<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7692\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7692\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMGP3435.jpg\" class=\"broken_link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-7692\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMGP3435.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"331\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7692\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Surveying his domain&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7691\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7691\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMGP3433.jpg\" class=\"broken_link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-7691\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMGP3433.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"331\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7691\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The view from our cabin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h1>Day 1:<\/h1>\n<p>The first day began with a large breakfast. \u00a0Then we went to the barn to meet our horses for the week. \u00a0Candy had Jon Snow. \u00a0Sam had Butterbean. \u00a0I had Scout. \u00a0Tom had Dramamine. \u00a0After a short trail ride to get familiar with our horses, we walked over to the range where we shot bows, rifles, and pistols and threw axes.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7717\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7717\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_4926.jpg\" class=\"broken_link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7717\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_4926.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7717\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The first trail ride<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7718\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7718\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_4918.jpg\" class=\"broken_link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7718\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_4918.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7718\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A view of the ranch from horseback<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7721\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7721\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_4919.jpg\" class=\"broken_link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7721\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_4919.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7721\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The lodge building<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7703\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7703\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMGP3453.jpg\" class=\"broken_link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7703\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMGP3453.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"331\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7703\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sam throwing axes at a tree<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7702\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7702\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMGP3449.jpg\" class=\"broken_link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7702\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMGP3449.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"331\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7702\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Candy Oakley on the rifle range<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7704\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7704\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMGP3459.jpg\" class=\"broken_link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-7704 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMGP3459.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"331\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7704\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Robin Hoodlum shows his skills with a bow<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7705\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7705\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMGP3463.jpg\" class=\"broken_link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-7705 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMGP3463.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"755\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7705\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sam showing off her mad archery skill<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7706\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7706\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMGP3464.jpg\" class=\"broken_link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7706\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMGP3464.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"331\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7706\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A few pistol shots<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After lunch we did some rock climbing.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7711\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7711\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMGP3469-1.jpg\" class=\"broken_link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7711\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMGP3469-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"331\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7711\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tom and Sam scaling the cliff<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7712\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7712\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMGP3473-1.jpg\" class=\"broken_link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7712\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMGP3473-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"331\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7712\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sam and her mad rock climbing skills<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7713\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7713\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMGP3475-1.jpg\" class=\"broken_link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7713\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMGP3475-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"331\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7713\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">An old mountain goat<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We even had time for a game of frisbee golf in the evening. \u00a0The course was quite challenging, and we had to actually search for the holes at times.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7722\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7722\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_4929.jpg\" class=\"broken_link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7722\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_4929.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7722\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">We even had time for a game of frisbee golf<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After another terrific dinner meal (the food was universally terrific), we went to the barn for some games for an hour or so.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7719\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7719\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_4930.jpg\" class=\"broken_link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7719\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_4930.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7719\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Candy and Sam playing a game involving trying to get the other player to step off her platform<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div style=\"width: 660px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-7698-1\" width=\"660\" height=\"1173\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_4934.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_4934.mp4\">http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_4934.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<h1>Day 2:<\/h1>\n<p>On the second day we split up in the morning. \u00a0Tom, Sam, and Candy went for more rock climbing.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7726\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7726\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_4935.jpg\" class=\"broken_link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7726\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_4935.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7726\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Breakfast the second full day<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7750\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7750\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_0570.jpg\" class=\"broken_link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7750\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_0570.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7750\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Candy starting her climb<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7752\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7752\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_0582.jpg\" class=\"broken_link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7752\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_0582.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7752\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tom climbing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7751\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7751\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_0577.jpg\" class=\"broken_link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7751\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_0577.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7751\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sam most of the way up the cliff<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I had only been on a horse a few times before, and I was enjoying getting more comfortable and learning how to actually control the horse, so I went for another trail ride with some other campers.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7728\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7728\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_4944.jpg\" class=\"broken_link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7728\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_4944.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7728\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Happy trails to me&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7727\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7727\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_4940.jpg\" class=\"broken_link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7727\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_4940.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7727\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">An example of the scenery we rode through all morning<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7729\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7729\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_4953.jpg\" class=\"broken_link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7729\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_4953.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7729\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I think I saw that guy in a John Wayne movie&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After lunch we suited up for the adventure course. \u00a0This involved rock climbing through a cave, around cliffs, and one of the top five zip lines in North America.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7740\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7740\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_4966.jpg\" class=\"broken_link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7740\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_4966.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7740\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Suiting up for the adventure course<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7732\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7732\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_4968.jpg\" class=\"broken_link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7732\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_4968.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7732\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Inside the cave<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>There were portions of the cave that were very tight. \u00a0There were also portions that dropped pretty deeply. \u00a0It was an interesting experience.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7734\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7734\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_1683.jpg\" class=\"broken_link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7734\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_1683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7734\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tom and Sam on a portion fo the adventure course<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7736\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7736\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_1686.jpg\" class=\"broken_link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7736\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_1686.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7736\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Working our way around a cliff (Tom, Sam, and me). Candy is just off to the right of this picture.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7733\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7733\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_4969.jpg\" class=\"broken_link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7733\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_4969.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7733\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tom and Sam<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7737\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7737\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_4974.jpg\" class=\"broken_link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7737\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_4974.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7737\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">All of us getting ready to zip. I didn&#8217;t get a picture of myself in the harness.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7739\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7739\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_4984.jpg\" class=\"broken_link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7739\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_4984.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7739\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sam getting ready to zip<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7738\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7738\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_4985.jpg\" class=\"broken_link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7738\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_4985.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7738\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tom getting ready to zip<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7735\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7735\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_4980.jpg\" class=\"broken_link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7735\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_4980.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7735\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Candy getting read to zip<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div style=\"width: 660px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-7698-2\" width=\"660\" height=\"1173\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_4982.m4v?_=2\" 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id=\"attachment_7743\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7743\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_4996.jpg\" class=\"broken_link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-7743\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_4996-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7743\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A long shot of the cave simulator<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7744\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7744\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_4997.jpg\" class=\"broken_link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-7744\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_4997-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7744\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tom completing the cave simulator<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h1>Day 3:<\/h1>\n<p>Day 3 began with a trail ride to a secluded location where we ate breakfast cooked over an open fire by the ranch staff.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7745\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7745\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_5005.jpg\" class=\"broken_link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7745\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_5005.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7745\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A view of the ranch during our breakfast ride<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7746\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7746\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_5006.jpg\" class=\"broken_link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7746\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_5006.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7746\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The morning ride<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7747\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7747\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_5007.jpg\" class=\"broken_link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7747\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_5007.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7747\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Goats along the trail<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7748\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7748\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_5015-2.jpg\" class=\"broken_link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7748\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_5015-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7748\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The four bandits ride!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7749\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7749\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_5020.jpg\" class=\"broken_link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7749\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_5020.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7749\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Trail breakfast of scrambled eggs and grilled ham steak<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In the afternoon while Tom and Sam did more rock climbing, Candy and I went down to the Buffalo river to lounge in the water and hiked to the twin falls.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7753\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7753\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_0564.jpg\" class=\"broken_link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7753\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_0564.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7753\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The twin falls<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7754\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7754\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_0566.jpg\" class=\"broken_link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7754\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_0566.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7754\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two movie stars at the twin falls<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h1>Day 4:<\/h1>\n<p>We travelled home. \u00a0It was a really good trip. \u00a0When we planned this short vacation, I was worried that just three days would be too short. \u00a0It was a very physical vacation, so after three days we were ready to go home. \u00a0A fourth day might have been fun, but more than four days would have been too many.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We didn&#8217;t have time for a long vacation this year, so we decided to spend a few days on a dude ranch in Arkansas. \u00a0It was a terrific vacation! Day 0 We traveled to Diamond Horseshoe Ranch in Arkansas. \u00a0 We arrived on Sunday afternoon in time for dinner in the mess hall, a little &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bucksurdu.com\/bucksblog\/2018\/06\/01\/the-good-the-bad-and-the-chubby-at-diamond-horseshoe-ranch\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Good, the Bad, and the Chubby at Diamond Horseshoe Ranch<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bucksurdu.com\/bucksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7698"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bucksurdu.com\/bucksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bucksurdu.com\/bucksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bucksurdu.com\/bucksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bucksurdu.com\/bucksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7698"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bucksurdu.com\/bucksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7698\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bucksurdu.com\/bucksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bucksurdu.com\/bucksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bucksurdu.com\/bucksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}