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Dave B
Heaven on Earth
Zion Wright Family Ranch的点评
点评：Having got back to normal after our incredible trip to Zion National Park, I figure I can write a few words about our experience. Sorry, I may leave a lengthy review.
My wife and I are trying to hit areas of our Country that we’ve always wanted to see, but life got in the way. Now that we are a little older and still able to walk ok, we decided on a trip to the area of Zion National Park.
We arrived in Springdale on 8 Sept 2025 where we checked into our absolutely breathtaking Hotel, The Desert Pearl
( highly highly recommended that you book a stay here ) after a three day stay in Springdale and doing the normal Zion National Park activities, our fourth night we had booked a stay at Under Canvas Zion, which is right outside Springdale and another place highly recommended to stay, but book a Star Gazing Tent (Amazing )
That night, 11 Sept 2025 we had been in contact with the Weight Family Ranch who offers a horse back ride, both afternoon and evening rides. The Ranch is owned by Bill Wright, who is a 7th generation Rancher. Having a daughter who rodeos quite a bit, we are very familiar with the “ Royalty “ of the Professional Rodeo Circuit, The Wright Family. Their ranch nettles up to Zion and we figure that we would love to see Zion from Horse back in the evening, so we booked the ride. Again, not having a lot of information and just going off of their website , plus having checked with other businesses that offer a horseback ride, for us there was no other choice.
We were not disappointed, in fact it was the best ride we have ever taken.
From reserving the time to the end of the ride, it was fast, friendly. Actually when booking over the phone, you talk directly to either Bill or Meagan Wright. They are personable, very friendly and down to earth. After talking to Bill, my wife and I got the feeling that we just talked to an old Cowboy from yester year. Just a really good person.
Anyway, we showed up to our ride at the given coordinates, yes you read that right, coordinates. They had a pen or corral right along side their road with a sign that stated Wright Famiky Horseback riding. There wasn’t a building of home in sight just the holding pen.
After waiting for a few minutes, I see a small dust cloud down in a little valley and moments later this cowboy appears on horseback, leading six additional horses. As he approached the pen he begins speaking to the six of us waiting for the ride.
Immediately we my wife and I felt like we were stepping back in time, his slow drawal, his cowboy demeanor, I know I was actually meeting a real, not a Hollywood Cowboy or poser as my daughter would say. He was the real deal! He introduced himeself as Calvin Wright, a son to Bill
After signing some paper work and getting fitted for the horse, we were off. Of course my wife and I had about 1000 questions, but we just listened to Calvin , amazed. He reminded me of Curly from City Slickers. Just a Cowboy and his horse, a good moral compass. As we ride and listened, I began to become more and more jealous of Calvin and his life. Just a man and a horse working cattle and living on the land. He was everything I wanted to be growing up as a young boy, a real Cowboy.
The horse my wife was riding wanted to be up front with Calvin, so she was able to carry on a conversation with Calvin the entire time. This allowed me, (who really likes meeting new people and conversing, finding out where they come from ) time to ride and transport my mind. My imagination took over as we rode along the foothills of Zion, truly looking at what I guess would be one of the greatest and most beautiful places on this earth, as I said my imagination took me to the time when where there were very little people in this part of the Country, Pioneers crossing the Country on horseback or by wagon. I imagined the Native Americans watching from the Plateaus far above, wondering what these strange aliens were. I began to take in everything from the Birds, to the small breeze blowing through the sagebrush, listening to the horses walking and breathing, it truly was a magical moment in my lifetime. I was living a small sliver of my childhood dream.
Calvin took us along a vast open range of sage brush and some burned trees then along the rim of the Plateaus, after which I realized why we signed the paperwork. Lol
You have to have a lot of trust in your horse. As this ride was not for the faint of heart. Calvin made sure we had some stops for photgraphs,
At one stop, we were sitting atop of the Plateaus far above Under Canvas, where we were going to stay for the night, again magical.
On the back half of the ride I tried to be friendly and strike up a conversation with another rider, let’s say they were from somewhere on the West Coast. I was met with somewhat of a brick wall, not a friendly response. Taking the hint I maneuvered my horse to where my wife and Calvin were at and listened to their conversation. Again, amazed at the friendliness of Calvin and envious of the type of life he leads. Completely disconnected from all of the Negative going on recently. Like I said he was friendly, courteous and extremely knowledgeable of the land.
After taking numerous photos and videos of the ride, trying to soak in every moment and bank it in my memory bank, the ride was over.
Saddened, we reluctantly dismounted our horse. After the other two couples left, my wife and I stayed behind and were able to carry on more conversation with Calvin. He was gracious enough to take a selfie with us, we learned more insight to his family and I think I even asked him for a job for my daughter who loves this lifestyle as well. After some time of asking questions, we sadly departed ways. My wife and I watched as Calvin disappeared back into the valley. Following the dust cloud for a bit, we made our way back to Under Canvas.
A truly magnificent experience !!
I will forever remember our ride with Calvin and the horses covering a small sliver of the land sitting next to the foot of Zion, it was what I imagine Heaven will be like when I eventually take that Journey
I am not a fan of Progress, because we humans, at least most humans are not good stewards of the land and do not respect the beauty that has been given us. But for now we have good people like Calvin maintaining the canvas for the future. If his brothers and sisters are anything like him, that ranch is good hands.
Thank you so much Bill, Meagan and mostly Calvin for giving me a small part of my youth back and reawakening my imagination. Thank you for being good stewards to our Land and Country.
Don’t ever sell that land !!!
Dave and Jeannie
P. S.
This horseback ride was the best thing we did while on our vacation in Zion, probably the best thing we have done on any vacation. . And that’s saying a whole lot, Zion was an Incredible Journey. I will forever cherish my time riding Ruby.
My wife and I are trying to hit areas of our Country that we’ve always wanted to see, but life got in the way. Now that we are a little older and still able to walk ok, we decided on a trip to the area of Zion National Park.
We arrived in Springdale on 8 Sept 2025 where we checked into our absolutely breathtaking Hotel, The Desert Pearl
( highly highly recommended that you book a stay here ) after a three day stay in Springdale and doing the normal Zion National Park activities, our fourth night we had booked a stay at Under Canvas Zion, which is right outside Springdale and another place highly recommended to stay, but book a Star Gazing Tent (Amazing )
That night, 11 Sept 2025 we had been in contact with the Weight Family Ranch who offers a horse back ride, both afternoon and evening rides. The Ranch is owned by Bill Wright, who is a 7th generation Rancher. Having a daughter who rodeos quite a bit, we are very familiar with the “ Royalty “ of the Professional Rodeo Circuit, The Wright Family. Their ranch nettles up to Zion and we figure that we would love to see Zion from Horse back in the evening, so we booked the ride. Again, not having a lot of information and just going off of their website , plus having checked with other businesses that offer a horseback ride, for us there was no other choice.
We were not disappointed, in fact it was the best ride we have ever taken.
From reserving the time to the end of the ride, it was fast, friendly. Actually when booking over the phone, you talk directly to either Bill or Meagan Wright. They are personable, very friendly and down to earth. After talking to Bill, my wife and I got the feeling that we just talked to an old Cowboy from yester year. Just a really good person.
Anyway, we showed up to our ride at the given coordinates, yes you read that right, coordinates. They had a pen or corral right along side their road with a sign that stated Wright Famiky Horseback riding. There wasn’t a building of home in sight just the holding pen.
After waiting for a few minutes, I see a small dust cloud down in a little valley and moments later this cowboy appears on horseback, leading six additional horses. As he approached the pen he begins speaking to the six of us waiting for the ride.
Immediately we my wife and I felt like we were stepping back in time, his slow drawal, his cowboy demeanor, I know I was actually meeting a real, not a Hollywood Cowboy or poser as my daughter would say. He was the real deal! He introduced himeself as Calvin Wright, a son to Bill
After signing some paper work and getting fitted for the horse, we were off. Of course my wife and I had about 1000 questions, but we just listened to Calvin , amazed. He reminded me of Curly from City Slickers. Just a Cowboy and his horse, a good moral compass. As we ride and listened, I began to become more and more jealous of Calvin and his life. Just a man and a horse working cattle and living on the land. He was everything I wanted to be growing up as a young boy, a real Cowboy.
The horse my wife was riding wanted to be up front with Calvin, so she was able to carry on a conversation with Calvin the entire time. This allowed me, (who really likes meeting new people and conversing, finding out where they come from ) time to ride and transport my mind. My imagination took over as we rode along the foothills of Zion, truly looking at what I guess would be one of the greatest and most beautiful places on this earth, as I said my imagination took me to the time when where there were very little people in this part of the Country, Pioneers crossing the Country on horseback or by wagon. I imagined the Native Americans watching from the Plateaus far above, wondering what these strange aliens were. I began to take in everything from the Birds, to the small breeze blowing through the sagebrush, listening to the horses walking and breathing, it truly was a magical moment in my lifetime. I was living a small sliver of my childhood dream.
Calvin took us along a vast open range of sage brush and some burned trees then along the rim of the Plateaus, after which I realized why we signed the paperwork. Lol
You have to have a lot of trust in your horse. As this ride was not for the faint of heart. Calvin made sure we had some stops for photgraphs,
At one stop, we were sitting atop of the Plateaus far above Under Canvas, where we were going to stay for the night, again magical.
On the back half of the ride I tried to be friendly and strike up a conversation with another rider, let’s say they were from somewhere on the West Coast. I was met with somewhat of a brick wall, not a friendly response. Taking the hint I maneuvered my horse to where my wife and Calvin were at and listened to their conversation. Again, amazed at the friendliness of Calvin and envious of the type of life he leads. Completely disconnected from all of the Negative going on recently. Like I said he was friendly, courteous and extremely knowledgeable of the land.
After taking numerous photos and videos of the ride, trying to soak in every moment and bank it in my memory bank, the ride was over.
Saddened, we reluctantly dismounted our horse. After the other two couples left, my wife and I stayed behind and were able to carry on more conversation with Calvin. He was gracious enough to take a selfie with us, we learned more insight to his family and I think I even asked him for a job for my daughter who loves this lifestyle as well. After some time of asking questions, we sadly departed ways. My wife and I watched as Calvin disappeared back into the valley. Following the dust cloud for a bit, we made our way back to Under Canvas.
A truly magnificent experience !!
I will forever remember our ride with Calvin and the horses covering a small sliver of the land sitting next to the foot of Zion, it was what I imagine Heaven will be like when I eventually take that Journey
I am not a fan of Progress, because we humans, at least most humans are not good stewards of the land and do not respect the beauty that has been given us. But for now we have good people like Calvin maintaining the canvas for the future. If his brothers and sisters are anything like him, that ranch is good hands.
Thank you so much Bill, Meagan and mostly Calvin for giving me a small part of my youth back and reawakening my imagination. Thank you for being good stewards to our Land and Country.
Don’t ever sell that land !!!
Dave and Jeannie
P. S.
This horseback ride was the best thing we did while on our vacation in Zion, probably the best thing we have done on any vacation. . And that’s saying a whole lot, Zion was an Incredible Journey. I will forever cherish my time riding Ruby.
翻译：结束了我们精彩的锡安国家公园之旅后，我恢复了正常，想写几句关于这次经历的文字。抱歉，我的评论可能会很长。
我和妻子一直想去我们国家一直想去的地方，但生活总是会阻碍我们。现在我们年纪大了，走路还能动，于是我们决定去锡安国家公园地区旅行。
我们于2025年9月8日抵达斯普林代尔，入住了我们绝对令人叹为观止的酒店——沙漠明珠酒店（The Desert Pearl）。
（强烈推荐您预订这里）。在斯普林代尔住了三天，体验了锡安国家公园的常规活动。第四天晚上，我们预订了位于斯普林代尔郊外的Under Canvas Zion，这也是一个强烈推荐的住宿地点，不过预订的是观星帐篷（太棒了）。
那天晚上，也就是2025年9月11日，我们联系了Weight Family Ranch，他们提供骑马服务，下午和晚上都有。牧场的主人是比尔·赖特，他是家族第七代牧场主。我们的女儿经常参加牛仔竞技，因此对职业牛仔竞技圈的“皇室”——赖特家族非常熟悉。他们的牧场毗邻锡安国家公园，我们觉得很想在傍晚骑马欣赏锡安国家公园的风光，于是预订了骑马服务。同样，由于没有太多信息，只能从他们的网站上查阅，再加上咨询过其他提供骑马服务的商家，我们别无选择。
我们并没有失望，事实上，这是我们体验过的最好的骑马服务。
从预订到骑马结束，整个过程快捷友好。实际上，通过电话预订时，您可以直接与比尔或梅根·赖特通话。他们非常亲切、友好，而且很踏实。与比尔交谈后，我和妻子感觉就像在与一位昔日的老牛仔交谈。他真的是一位非常好的人。
不管怎样，我们按照指定的坐标到达了目的地，是的，你没看错，就是那个坐标。他们家路边有个围栏，或者说畜栏，上面挂着一块牌子，上面写着“赖特家族骑马”。视野里没有房子，只有围栏。
等了几分钟后，我看到一个小山谷里扬起一小团尘土，不一会儿，一个牛仔骑着马出现了，他牵着另外六匹马。当他走近围栏时，他开始和我们六个等着骑马的人说话。
我和妻子立刻感觉仿佛回到了过去，他缓慢的语调，他那牛仔般的风度，让我知道我遇到的是一个货真价实的牛仔，而不是像我女儿说的那样，一个好莱坞牛仔或装腔作势的家伙。他真是货真价实的！他介绍自己叫卡尔文·赖特，是比尔的儿子。
签了一些文件，调整好马匹的体型后，我们就出发了。当然，我和妻子心中有上千个疑问，但我们只是听着卡尔文的讲述，惊讶不已。他让我想起了《城市滑头》里的柯利。他只是一个牛仔和他的马，一个道德的指南针。我们一边骑着马，一边听着，我开始越来越羡慕卡尔文和他的生活。他只是一个男人和一匹马，放牧牛群，在田野里生活。他就是我从小就梦想成为的样子，一个真正的牛仔。
我妻子骑的马很想和卡尔文待在一起，所以她可以一直和卡尔文聊天。这让我（我非常喜欢结识新朋友，与他们交谈，了解他们来自哪里）有时间骑马，让我的思绪飞扬。当我们沿着锡安山麓骑行时，我的想象力开始涌动，我真切地注视着这片我猜想中地球上最伟大、最美丽的地方之一。正如我所说，我的想象力把我带到了这片土地上人烟稀少的时代，拓荒者们骑马或乘着马车穿越这片土地。我想象着美洲原住民在高高的高原上注视着我们，想知道这些奇怪的外星人究竟是什么。我开始欣赏周围的一切，从鸟儿，到吹过鼠尾草丛的微风，再到聆听马匹行走和呼吸的声音，这真是我一生中一个神奇的时刻。我实现了童年梦想中的一小段。
卡尔文带我们穿过一片广阔的鼠尾草丛和一些烧焦的树木，然后沿着高原的边缘前进，直到这时我才明白我们为什么要签署这些文件。哈哈
你必须非常信任你的马。因为这次骑行不适合胆小的人。 Calvin 确保我们能停下来拍照。
有一站，我们坐在 Under Canvas 上方高处的高原上，我们打算在那里过夜，这又一次充满了魔力。
在骑行的后半段，我试图表现得友好一些，和另一位骑手攀谈起来，假设他们来自西海岸的某个地方。但我得到的回应却像堵墙一样，一点也不友好。我明白了，于是骑着马走到妻子和 Calvin 身边，听着他们的谈话。再次，我惊叹于卡尔文的友善，也羡慕他的生活方式。完全摆脱了最近发生的所有负面事件。就像我说的，他很友善、彬彬有礼，而且对这片土地非常了解。
在拍摄了无数骑行照片和视频后，我努力将每一刻都铭记在心，骑行结束了。
我们怀着悲伤的心情，依依不舍地下了马。另外两对夫妇离开后，我和妻子留下来，继续和卡尔文聊天。他很慷慨地和我们合影，我们更深入地了解了他的家庭，我想我甚至还请他为我的女儿找一份工作，她也很喜欢这种生活方式。问了一会儿之后，我们依依不舍地告别了。我和妻子目送卡尔文消失在山谷中。我们追随着尘土飞扬的背影，回到了Under Canvas。
真是一次绝妙的体验！！
我将永远铭记与卡尔文一起骑行的时光，以及那些马儿在锡安山脚下那一小片土地上驰骋的场景，那正是我想象中最终踏上这段旅程时天堂的样子。
我并不热衷于“进步”，因为我们人类，至少大多数人，都不是土地的好管家，也不尊重上天赐予我们的美好。但就目前而言，我们有像卡尔文这样的好人守护着未来的蓝图。如果他的兄弟姐妹们也像他一样，那么那座牧场就是好人了。
非常感谢比尔、梅根，尤其是卡尔文，你们让我重拾了青春的活力，重新唤醒了我的想象力。感谢你们如此善待我们的土地和国家。
千万别卖掉那块地！！！
戴夫和珍妮
附言：
这次骑马之旅是我们在锡安度假期间做的最棒的事情，或许也是我们所有度假期间做的最棒的事情。这足以说明一切，锡安之旅是一次不可思议的旅程。我将永远珍惜骑 Ruby 的时光。
我和妻子一直想去我们国家一直想去的地方，但生活总是会阻碍我们。现在我们年纪大了，走路还能动，于是我们决定去锡安国家公园地区旅行。
我们于2025年9月8日抵达斯普林代尔，入住了我们绝对令人叹为观止的酒店——沙漠明珠酒店（The Desert Pearl）。
（强烈推荐您预订这里）。在斯普林代尔住了三天，体验了锡安国家公园的常规活动。第四天晚上，我们预订了位于斯普林代尔郊外的Under Canvas Zion，这也是一个强烈推荐的住宿地点，不过预订的是观星帐篷（太棒了）。
那天晚上，也就是2025年9月11日，我们联系了Weight Family Ranch，他们提供骑马服务，下午和晚上都有。牧场的主人是比尔·赖特，他是家族第七代牧场主。我们的女儿经常参加牛仔竞技，因此对职业牛仔竞技圈的“皇室”——赖特家族非常熟悉。他们的牧场毗邻锡安国家公园，我们觉得很想在傍晚骑马欣赏锡安国家公园的风光，于是预订了骑马服务。同样，由于没有太多信息，只能从他们的网站上查阅，再加上咨询过其他提供骑马服务的商家，我们别无选择。
我们并没有失望，事实上，这是我们体验过的最好的骑马服务。
从预订到骑马结束，整个过程快捷友好。实际上，通过电话预订时，您可以直接与比尔或梅根·赖特通话。他们非常亲切、友好，而且很踏实。与比尔交谈后，我和妻子感觉就像在与一位昔日的老牛仔交谈。他真的是一位非常好的人。
不管怎样，我们按照指定的坐标到达了目的地，是的，你没看错，就是那个坐标。他们家路边有个围栏，或者说畜栏，上面挂着一块牌子，上面写着“赖特家族骑马”。视野里没有房子，只有围栏。
等了几分钟后，我看到一个小山谷里扬起一小团尘土，不一会儿，一个牛仔骑着马出现了，他牵着另外六匹马。当他走近围栏时，他开始和我们六个等着骑马的人说话。
我和妻子立刻感觉仿佛回到了过去，他缓慢的语调，他那牛仔般的风度，让我知道我遇到的是一个货真价实的牛仔，而不是像我女儿说的那样，一个好莱坞牛仔或装腔作势的家伙。他真是货真价实的！他介绍自己叫卡尔文·赖特，是比尔的儿子。
签了一些文件，调整好马匹的体型后，我们就出发了。当然，我和妻子心中有上千个疑问，但我们只是听着卡尔文的讲述，惊讶不已。他让我想起了《城市滑头》里的柯利。他只是一个牛仔和他的马，一个道德的指南针。我们一边骑着马，一边听着，我开始越来越羡慕卡尔文和他的生活。他只是一个男人和一匹马，放牧牛群，在田野里生活。他就是我从小就梦想成为的样子，一个真正的牛仔。
我妻子骑的马很想和卡尔文待在一起，所以她可以一直和卡尔文聊天。这让我（我非常喜欢结识新朋友，与他们交谈，了解他们来自哪里）有时间骑马，让我的思绪飞扬。当我们沿着锡安山麓骑行时，我的想象力开始涌动，我真切地注视着这片我猜想中地球上最伟大、最美丽的地方之一。正如我所说，我的想象力把我带到了这片土地上人烟稀少的时代，拓荒者们骑马或乘着马车穿越这片土地。我想象着美洲原住民在高高的高原上注视着我们，想知道这些奇怪的外星人究竟是什么。我开始欣赏周围的一切，从鸟儿，到吹过鼠尾草丛的微风，再到聆听马匹行走和呼吸的声音，这真是我一生中一个神奇的时刻。我实现了童年梦想中的一小段。
卡尔文带我们穿过一片广阔的鼠尾草丛和一些烧焦的树木，然后沿着高原的边缘前进，直到这时我才明白我们为什么要签署这些文件。哈哈
你必须非常信任你的马。因为这次骑行不适合胆小的人。 Calvin 确保我们能停下来拍照。
有一站，我们坐在 Under Canvas 上方高处的高原上，我们打算在那里过夜，这又一次充满了魔力。
在骑行的后半段，我试图表现得友好一些，和另一位骑手攀谈起来，假设他们来自西海岸的某个地方。但我得到的回应却像堵墙一样，一点也不友好。我明白了，于是骑着马走到妻子和 Calvin 身边，听着他们的谈话。再次，我惊叹于卡尔文的友善，也羡慕他的生活方式。完全摆脱了最近发生的所有负面事件。就像我说的，他很友善、彬彬有礼，而且对这片土地非常了解。
在拍摄了无数骑行照片和视频后，我努力将每一刻都铭记在心，骑行结束了。
我们怀着悲伤的心情，依依不舍地下了马。另外两对夫妇离开后，我和妻子留下来，继续和卡尔文聊天。他很慷慨地和我们合影，我们更深入地了解了他的家庭，我想我甚至还请他为我的女儿找一份工作，她也很喜欢这种生活方式。问了一会儿之后，我们依依不舍地告别了。我和妻子目送卡尔文消失在山谷中。我们追随着尘土飞扬的背影，回到了Under Canvas。
真是一次绝妙的体验！！
我将永远铭记与卡尔文一起骑行的时光，以及那些马儿在锡安山脚下那一小片土地上驰骋的场景，那正是我想象中最终踏上这段旅程时天堂的样子。
我并不热衷于“进步”，因为我们人类，至少大多数人，都不是土地的好管家，也不尊重上天赐予我们的美好。但就目前而言，我们有像卡尔文这样的好人守护着未来的蓝图。如果他的兄弟姐妹们也像他一样，那么那座牧场就是好人了。
非常感谢比尔、梅根，尤其是卡尔文，你们让我重拾了青春的活力，重新唤醒了我的想象力。感谢你们如此善待我们的土地和国家。
千万别卖掉那块地！！！
戴夫和珍妮
附言：
这次骑马之旅是我们在锡安度假期间做的最棒的事情，或许也是我们所有度假期间做的最棒的事情。这足以说明一切，锡安之旅是一次不可思议的旅程。我将永远珍惜骑 Ruby 的时光。
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