Roosevelt Lodge Old West Dinner Cookout

This is something Bob has been excited to do and I've held out for 2 years but finally gave in. For some reason, an old fashion steak cookout doesn't thrill me as a vegetarian, but I'll go along with it once!

Bob's main desire was to ride a horse out to the cookout rather than the wagon but the date we could book the trip, the horses were all taken or the kid who booked it didn't have a clue. Either way, it worked out for the better.

Here we are loading on the wagons.






These are the wagons after we have unloaded at the Yancey Hole Cookout Area. It has a history dating back to the 1800's and has been used  for the cookout since about 1929.









The afternoon/evening started out well enough and while we piled our plates full of food (I had a prearranged veggie burger) these 2 'cowboy's' were singing under this little platform.










And then it started to rain...and rain...and rain. Rather than run for the large pavilion, we took refuge under the huge fir trees and they provided enough break for us to finish our dinners.





Now the funny part (in our minds at least) happened. There was a group on horseback that took a 2 hour ride earlier and wound up at the cookout first to eat dinner and then a 1 hour group of riders came after that to eat.

Our wagons held the last of the guests to get in to eat.





So about this time, the wranglers called for the 2 hour riders to go to their horse and get up to ride back. And after they left the 1 hour riders were called. It's along this time Bob decided he was happy enough riding the wagons. And yes, it was still raining.









Doesn't this look like fun now? Do you see the empty tables?



 




Before we left, there were some fun songs under the large pavilion and story telling.









A tradition as the wagons leave is each wagon circles around by the cooks to tell them thank you. We sang "The Sun Will Come Out Tomorrow" to them and they tipped their hats to us.

And as we pulled back up to the corral, the rain went away. It was fun, it's been done, and Yancey's Cookout Area will show up in a future post.