Joe takes us to pick out a cabin and we had 4 to chose from. They were very simple adobe buildings. They had windows but no glass, a doorway without a door, slabs of concrete sticking out of the sides of the walls for beds and a dirt floor. Joe takes us to the pool area next which is really just a hole dug out from a back hoe and sided with cement. Joe proudly tells us that he had filled the pool with fresh water, just for us, yesterday. There are more sideways glances between John and I. Next Joe takes us to the "cantina" where everyone goes to relax, knock back a few and play darts.
By now I'm shaking my head NO every time Joe turns his back. There is no way I am staying there any longer, we are out of there. Joe says he guesses we want to start out horse back riding so he goes inside to call the babysitter for Rob. John and I have a very quick discussion and we both agree to leave. I go in and frantically pack everything up while John goes to talk with Joe. I get everything loaded into the Suburban, in goes Lady and I buckle Rob into his car seat.
Joe and John keep walking and talking their way over. John is trying to pay Joe for night and the food but Joe won't hear of it. He is so so sorry we are leaving. He says, don't you even want to stay and take a quick ride. We both say we are so sorry but, no we need to start heading home. Joe apologizes again if he had mis-represented anything. We assured him that he hadn't, it was just going to be too hard with Rob so little.
John and I got on the road heading west towards home in silence. We were both so shell shocked we didn't know where to begin. Finally we looked at each other and started laughing until we were crying.
They had definitely told us it was a working ranch but their definition and ours did not match up at all. We chalked this one up to "Live and Learn".
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