Knob Hill Ranch

12/11/2023

Now that the sun sets and the year is almost over, it‘s time to say goodbye for the old K**b Hill Ranch Crew and welcome the new Crew in January. We had a blast over the last 13 years with all of our guests, friends and family. You made this journey the best experience ever. Thank you all!! Goodbye to all of you and see you „on the other side“ in Europe by hopefully the end of this week. Of course, all four legged partners are coming along on the planes as well. You will hear some familiar whinnies, barks and meows from Europe. Merry Christmas to you all ♥️♥️♥️

11/20/2023

Oh no, please not on our flight ✈️🐎🙏🙏🙏
And that’s not Liage, Belgium but Liège or Lüttich, Belgium. Same airport for us…

Horse Escapes On Boeing 747: Listen As Captain Declares Emergency, Returns To New York: On Thursday, a horse escaped inside the cargo hold of a Boeing 747. The Air Atlanta Icelandic flight from New York JFK to Liage, Belgium declared an emergency while still in climb out as it reached 31,000 feet: "We are a cargo plane with a live animal, a horse, on board. The horse has broken out of its stall. There's no issue with flying, but we need to go back to New York as we can't resecure the horse."

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10/01/2023

Little Jolene aka “Sonnys Midnight Jewel” has had her first saddle on at 2 Years and 3 months. She carried it like a champ, no bucking, rearing or otherwise. A good startup on a horse is everything. She won’t be ridden until she is fully grown of course and her joints have fused. What an amazing little girl. So proud of her. Thank you Justice Quarter Horse Ranch in Montana!!!

05/18/2023

Barbara Behrend lost Easy this morning.
It was a big loss as Easy was her soulmate.
Easy, you were the only mule, and super large mule, at this ranch. You taught us a lot and we miss you, especially Barbara. You were a warrior at heart and a very special mule. ♥️♥️🙏🙏

“As we say farewell, please feel no sorrow,
For time on this earth, we only borrow.
Lucky was I, my heart had a home,
And with you by my side, I felt not alone,
You filled my life with happiness and light,
My soul shall remain eternally bright,
Love cannot end, it cannot disappear,
I will always be with you, I will always be near.
And now that my journey has come to its end,
Please know and take comfort in this my friend,
For me, for my life, please do not grieve
For now I remain “Forever Free”…”
(Author unknown)

01/01/2023

Happy New Year to all of our guests, friends and family all over the world.
“May your dreams run wild and free and never fear to follow where they lead.” (Author unknown)

11/25/2022

Happy Thanksgiving to all of our friends and family - all over the world ♥️♥️♥️

11/23/2022

So true…♥️

“Farm work doesn’t make you stronger. It doesn’t make you anything. It reveals you.
There’s gym strong and then there’s farm strong. They’re mutually exclusive. The toughest women you’ll ever meet spend their days on a farm.
There are more uses for twine than you can possibly imagine. You can tie up a hole in a slow feeder, fashion a tail strap for a horse’s blanket, mend a broken fence and use it as a belt.
“Well that certainly didn’t go as planned,” is one thing you’ll say quite a bit.
Control is a mere illusion. The thought that you have any, at any given time, is utterly false.
Sometimes sleep is a luxury. So are lunch and dinner. And brushing your hair.
If you’ve never felt your obliques contract, then you’ve never tried stopping an overly full wheelbarrow of horse manure from tipping over sideways. Trust me, you’ll find muscles that you never knew existed on the human skeleton to prevent this from happening.
When one of the animals is ill, you’ll go to heroic lengths to minimize their discomfort.
Their needs come first. In summer heat and coldest winter days. Clean water, clean bed, and plenty of feed. Before you have your first meal, they all eat.
When you lose one of them, even though you know that day is inevitable, you still feel sadness, angst and emotional pain from the top of your head to the tips of your toes. And it’s a heaviness that lingers even though you must regroup and press on.
You’ll cry a lot. But you’ll never live more fully. You’ll remain present no matter what because you must. There is no other option.
You’ll ask for so many miracles and hold out hope until the very last.
You will, at least once, face-plant in the manure pile. You’ll find yourself saying things like, “we have maybe twenty minutes of daylight left to git ‘er done” whilst gazing up at a nonspecific place in the sky.
You’ll become weirdly obsessive about the weather.
You’ll go out in public wearing filthy clothes and smelling of dirt, sweat and p**p. People will look at you sideways and krinkle their noses but you won’t care.
Your entire day can derail within ten seconds of the rising sun.
You can wash your coveralls. They won’t look any cleaner, but they will smell much nicer.
Farm work is difficult in its simplicity.
You’ll always notice just how beautiful sunrises and sunsets really are.
Should you ever have the opportunity to work on a farm, take the chance! You will never do anything more satisfying in your entire life.”
-Author Unknown

11/22/2022

Soooo, I haven’t done the Cliff trail for a couple of years since we couldn’t ride into the park and since then it was on the bottom of my list. But today I decided it was time to check it out. Oh boy, were we in for some surprises. Boulders that blocked the path, big trees toppled over and a trail that had disappeared at times and left you wonder. The horses went through it, but never again for a while. That was pure adrenalin on some straight line climbs uphill. The photos don’t tell the story…but then again, we couldn’t take photos at these spots 😬

11/21/2022

Today we cantered a lot thanks to two great riders. The horses were having so much fun and Dillon always chooses the view points for his restroom break 😅 Buck our “new” horse did amazingly well in all gaits.
What a ride ladies! It was an honor ♥️

11/06/2022

Laura, my short term „ranch hand“ from Germany rides every horse. She is a true horse woman. Thank you for staying with us Laura ♥️

11/04/2022

Beautiful and chilly on the Panorama View Trail yesterday ♥️ we even had some snow on top.
A happy guest on Biscuit…♥️

09/17/2022

Here is what my niece did with DeeBar…😂😂