"There's a fair amount of religion in the film: the two protagonists' father is a Presbyterian minister and, while he works to instil faith in his sons, he also teaches them a love for fly fishing. Here is where my own religion comes in: nature. After all, what greater power is there beyond a river? Or a mountain, lake, or valley? Is the simple act of standing in the water, amid the current, not the most universal kind of baptism?"
"This past October, I reconnected with this religion: first in Crested Butte, Colorado, with Eleven Scarp Ridge Lodge as my base, then at Big Sky, Montana's Lone Mountain Ranch. While both properties are different (the first is a five-bedroom mountain town lodge in a remodelled 1880s miner community hall; the second, a 115-year-old ranch offering everything from a summer rodeo to Yellowstone pack trips), they share the quality of being seamless parts of their natural environments."
Childhood viewings of A River Runs Through It fostered a deep yearning for Montana scenery and fly-fishing landscapes. Nature functions as a personal religion focused on rivers, mountains, lakes, and valleys, and standing in water feels like a universal baptism. A lifelong love of horses and Old West fascination evolved into a dream of ranch life. An October trip visited Crested Butte, Colorado, staying at Eleven Scarp Ridge Lodge, and Big Sky, Montana, at Lone Mountain Ranch. Eleven Scarp Ridge is a remodeled 1880s miner community hall converted into a five-bedroom mountain-town lodge. Lone Mountain Ranch is a 115-year-old working ranch offering rodeos and Yellowstone pack trips, with both properties seamlessly integrated into their natural surroundings.
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