A Pioneer’s Father’s Day

A Pioneer’s Father’s Day This story is about my dad, and he is not a “cowboy.” My parents were pioneers — much like the pioneers who traveled to Wyoming. But they traveled to another continent, Africa. Dad riding after cattle on Antelope Butte in the Big Horn...

De kogel is door de kerk!

De Kogel is door de kerk! “The bullet passed through the church!” This Flemish and Dutch saying states “The decision is made and now it is going to happen!” In my previous blog, I shared that our son Victor always wanted to join us working at The Hideout, our family...

End of the Season reflections

A note about my blogs… I have not been very consistent with my blogs. Partly because our season and life get in the way. But mostly because I am not sure if there is an audience for these blogs. Marijn and I have always been of the opinion, that when something does...
Riders, Start Your Engines

Riders, Start Your Engines

We are so excited to welcome our 2022 guests! The horses are in and settling, there is actually green grass on the property and mountains are trying to shed their coat of snow! Calves are kicking up their heels with mamas following them, the guns are all cleaned and...

Spring is in the air

Each year, all around the world Spring holds the promise of a new beginning. A new start, a new opportunity that nature created for all of us. This year Spring is even more special and certainly feels more familiar compared to last Spring. The 2020  Covid-19...

Winter Blog

How are things going at The Hideout? Thank you for taking the time to read this blog. I was going to write that at The Hideout in Shell, we have enjoyed a rare warm Fall and early Winter. That we had some frost during the night, but beautiful sunny days with...

An interesting season…

An interesting season… Gosh! There is so much one could write about during these challenging but interesting times. Much as there is so much to read and reflect on. I could write about all the worries when Covid-19 hit the world, about the preparations and processes...

Our Clean and Organized Guest Ranch

Hello everybody, I hope this message finds you all safe, healthy and hopefully enjoying some nice spring weather wherever you may be. In Shell, after several weeks of warm weather which spoiled us, on Easter Sunday we went back to winter with snow and cold...

Greetings from Shell, Wyoming

This Sunday, April 5, would have been the day we greet guests for the first week of our 2020 season. Of course, that is not happening, which leaves all of us at The Hideout very sad. We have had to cancel the first few weeks of our season and reschedule our guests to...