Category Archives: Family

Family adventures at Spring Creek Ranch

Young Man and Fire

‘Till Next Season





The end of yet another fire season in the West. We traveled up to the Bear Creek Jump Spot to see Daren on one of the last practice jumps of the year.

A gorgeous day, blue bird skies, a happy dog, soft landings and many eager, helping hands.
Even though Daren’s new job as Base Manager requires him to work and travel all winter, I do think that there will be a bit more family time in the near future. Yipee for that!
Oh, and some new trail building at Spring Creek Ranch, too…more to come on that soon.

Flashback :: Wedding Review

New Wedding Review
http://www.yelp.com/biz/spring-creek-ranch-winthrop

{shown: Spring Creek Ranch House on the right, Spring Creek Ranch Cabin on the left}
I was so pleasantly surprised to get an email this morning with the following link. The Mother-of-the-Bride wrote a lovely review of her family’s wedding experience on www.yelp.com
This seems to be the time of year when the inquiries about our wedding information and packages picks up speed. At this time, all of our August weekends are booked up, but there are openings in June, July, September and whatever other month your wedding dreams take place in.

Sneak Peak :: New Logo

:: Neither Snow at Spring Creek Ranch ::

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania based Calligraphy Artist, Mara Zepeda, of Neither Snow was an honored guest at Spring Creek Ranch this past week. Check out her portfolio at www.NeitherSnow.com.

Luckily for us, she was able to fit some pen and ink time in between the rigors of hunting, hiking, making butterfly wing costumes for her adoring niece, reporting for NPR, fishing and enjoying farm to table meals in the Methow Valley:)
There are some very exciting changes brewing at Spring Creek Ranch. Hmmm. let me whisper the words, new logo, new website, new photos! I still can’t believe it is all coming together.
Ah, yes! A beautiful, new logo in the works, indeed.

Maple Pass Loop

:: a moment from the week ::

Three generations of Belsbys(ranging in age from 69 to 19 months)…spent a glorious day together doing something other than work! What a great hike up to Heather Pass and then on to Maple Pass. Ayla walked the whole way and carried her own pack with food, water and a jacket. During part of the hike she became a wild horse and whinnied while she ran through the brush looking for huckleberries. Whatever works for you, I say!



Maeve amazed us all with her demands to climb just about every rock we saw and to hike on her own until she finally passed out on the top of the pass. We even snuck in a side hike to Rainy Lake at the end of the day. Such beauty in our backyard!

Head Of The Year

I am, indeed, a little late in posting these images…ahem…fall has come with a flourish of activity around Spring Creek Ranch. There has recently been a last hay cutting, a move to design the NEW website, the opening of fishing season!, our local rodeo, Okanogan County Fair and the beginning of a new school year.

Bringing us back to Rosh Hashanah. Translated from Hebrew as the Head of the Year or commonly known as the Jewish New Year. I had the distinct honor of bringing snacks for my girls’ first day at Little Star Montessori and I thought what could be more timely (and yummy) than fresh challah.
As our little one was resting from the excitement of the Labor Day Rodeo (big sister decided at the LAST possible moment not to climb onto the back of a wild sheep and bust some mutton-next year, perhaps?) preparations for making challah began…
Challah, in the world of kid’s bread baking, is like an action sport. You get to divide the dough, squeeze it into long snakes and braid! And in the case of the Rosh Hashanah challah…make it ROUND.
The tradition of making the usual loaf round signifies the continuation of the seasons, the cyclical nature of the year (among many other interesting ideas). The word for year-shana comes from the hebrew word repeat…
Brushing on the egg glaze, so much fun.
Voila! And of course, the kids got apples and honey, too!