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Article: The howdy boys Michigan ranch wins hearts of little 'dudes'
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- June 15, 2003
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ROTHBURY, Michigan: Frederick Jackson Turner famously declared the
American frontier closed in 1893, and our national psyche has yearned
toward the spirit of adventure represented by the untamed West ever
since. Just the words "dude ranch" and "horses" were enough to get me
in a car with my family on a Friday afternoon, fighting 200 miles
through Memorial Day traffic from Chicago to the Double JJ Ranch,
just north of Muskegon.
We wanted riding, cowboys and adventure, and we got it, though
first we had to pass through an initiation of sorts.
No matter how much research you do, vacationing in a new place is
something of a trust drop. You close your eyes and pitch backward,
hoping the ...