Smoke Rise Ranch Horseman's Resort has reopened with new operators since the original owners retired. You don't need to travel out West of the Mississippi to experience a cowboy cattle ranch. They have quite a few scheduled events (see below) and will work with you to create a special corporate outing, church group retreat, birthday celebration or boy/girl scout event. Give them a call at 740-767-2624 or email them at smokeriseohio@gmail.com. Have fun!

If anyone out there has even been reading this blog, you might have noticed my absence from writing the past several months. I have to admit that I had to do some real soul searching. As only one person has left a comment on anything I wrote, I came to the conclusion that no one was reading my blog and that gave me serious doubts if I should continue.   I had just published a guidebook to the Hocking Hills in January 2013 called “The Best Kept Secrets to the Hocking Hills” and thought that b...