Our week on horseback in the wilderness was a truly fantastic experience. We spent the whole week in the Bob Marshall Wilderness, which is the biggest wilderness area in the lower 48 states. 10,000 square miles of mountains, with no roads, settlements, and no mechanical tools or vehicles allowed, technically an electric razor's not even allowed in! So the terrain is as wild as it's going to get, if there's a fire, they let it burn. Vast areas of forest burn each summer, leaving haunting forests of burnt out trunks. But they quickly grow back firstly with wild flower meadows. Lots of valleys with crystal clear rivers running through and mountains in the background. We were lucky to have fantastic hospitality from the Rich family who were 3rd generation "pack outfitters". Our "pack" consisted of 5
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