Summer of 2022 Challenging for Wyoming Dude Ranches
19 Sep 2022
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Craig Kenyon is living his dream. As the owner of the Absaroka Mountain Lodge near Cody, Kenyon usually spends his summers wrangling horses, greeting guests, and managing the business.
But staff shortages at the end of the season mean that Kenyon is also washing dishes, doing piles of laundry and other tasks that are normally done by hired hands.
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