We have many interesting guests at Echo Valley Ranch and Brenda was no exception; Brenda is from Fort McMurray and when asked what she did back home she told us that she sold tyres.

Later in the day we learned that the tyres Brenda’s company sells cost $60,000 EACH!
Did you know that the big, huge, trucks that move the tar sands around are equipped with six of those tyres and they need replacing every year; that the equipment used to change a tyre cost $750,000 EACH; that the truck carries a 440 ton load. We do now, as well as a lot more interesting facts about tyres used in the mining industry, all thanks to the knowledge that flows through our ranch, brought to us by our guests.
Brenda has managed the company for 8 years now and is taking a well deserved week of rest at EVR, she loves animals and our cat Koda has already fallen in love with her; and we think that Brenda may have already fallen in love with our spa.

Brenda petting the horses

Our horses love Nan

Last Tuesday we drove to the “Horse Barn” tack shop in Kamloops where we purchased two 25kg bags of horse treats! Today our horses got treated

Giving our horses a treat is a real WIN WIN situation, especially when Nan is giving the treats since Nan loves to give and the horses love to receive.

Nan the horse whisperer

We now have 32 horses at Echo Valley Ranch, well, 30 really because 32 includes two donkeys; you will see that one of them, Don, does not need to be served treats because (more…)