We base our operation at Waterfall Ranch. It has been in the Zink family for about 90 years. We have a well-supplied tack shed, and several trucks and horse trailers. We start the hunt by meeting at the ranch on Thursday evening. We sort and weigh duffle, review plans, answer questions and tell hunting stories. On Friday morning we have a big breakfast at the ranch, and then start loading everything for a week in the woods. There's lots of logistics, so sometimes we have to hurry up and wait as everything finds it's place. We leave the ranch and start riding up the trail before noon. We usually stop along the trail for a rest and lunch, arriving in camp by mid-afternoon on Friday. On the following Wednesday we hunt toward the trucks, so that we are back to the ranch by evening. Ed's wife Patti treats us to a big steak dinner and we start dreaming about next year's hunt.