THE END OF AN ERA
Last month, my mother sold the ranch land that my grandfather had purchased in 1941. It was the end of an era. I have always known ‘the ranch’ – as we all called it. For much of my lifetime, it was a traditional ranch, with cattle and horses, and the place we went to every fall for elk hunting. Needless to say, loads of memories were created on that property for four generations. However, the time had come to sell and get my mother into a lower elevation and