Jane's Butte dominates the view to the northwest of Homestead on the ranch and, for that reason, is iconic for those of us who have been to the O RO as guests. Riding to the top is one of my favorite rides and one I've done each of the three times I've been out on the ranch.
It also affords a great view across the Baca Float and into the western side of the ranch.
The top is juniper and century plants and grass - the horses sometimes climb up there on their own in search of food. We didn't see any this time, though. Just the horses we rode.
It's also a great place to shoot portraits, since the backdrop is so dramatic. We got Charlotte:
Jack:
Daniel (and Raven):
And I like taking pictures of the dried out stalks of the century plants. You can see the moon in this one:
Up close, it looks like this:
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this morning, I wanted to "come back" to Oro Ranch and was happy to find some of your hollidays pictures ; I saw Charlotte, and Jack, and Daniel and the others riding...a perfume of liberty, isn't it ? and a time who changed Charlotte's life in a sense, a time which made one of her dreams
into reality. this picture of her on the rock : I like it !
thanks to you both, love Bénédicte
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