Your vehicle turned off the highway to trundle down a well kept gravel road, leaving the open spaces and heading into the thick timber. The road wound farther and farther down, till you found the view of the fierce steel toned creek, almost large enough to qualify as a river, rushing along beside you just a bit unsettling. A drop off of a good many feet would send you plunging into it's swift clutches. Just up the road you discover a fork. To one side, the road continues on, heading up and eventually out of the canyon. To the other, a bridge leading across the angry waters. The structure appeared sturdy enough so you go ahead and drive on across. The road you have choosen slowly begins to climb up and away from the creek, much to your relief. Casually you glance to your right and are somewhat started to see a rather large, elegant house nestled within the trees, built at an odd angle to fit the slope. The view must be magnificent from that place, you think to youself. A second road leads up to it but you stick to the main one for now, continuing your climb. Quite soon the land begins to level out and the trees to thin, even though you are still deep within the canyon. Suddendly you energe from the forest and onto a long table of reasonably flat land, occuring naturally right on the hillside. Solid plank fencing paces the road, each blade of green grass within the pastures tipped with dew. Near the end of the opening you spot a small, well built barn and not far from that, an odd building with two twin doors who's purpose you are not quite sure of. You park your vehicle in the lot beside the barn, next to a heavy duty pick up complete with a three horse trailer, and glance about curiously. This was a beautiful, well maintained little escape, hidden from the rest of the world. Suddendly a young woman in her mid twenties emerges from the barn, chocolate hair bouncing around her shoulders as she leads a stocky quarter horse towards a hitching post. After a brief moment of suprise, her face breaks into a smile. "Hey, I'm Rhian. Welcome to Slate Creek Ranch!" she calls.