Movies such as the 1993 classic Tombstone, the 1974 slapstick cult film Blazing Saddles and the 1966 spaghetti-western The Good, the Bad and the Ugly have always had international appeal. Think tumbleweed, swinging saloon doors, sawdust and spittoons. Shootouts, horses, cowboys: what a backdrop! And the great draw of the West is still as powerful as ever – even with the fear of trigger-happy gangs of drunk gun-toting schnitzels wanting to shoot you.
Always imagined yourself as a cowboy or cowgirl? Well, now you can – thanks to experience gifts available on the internet – for the Wild West has always been a pretty colourful milieu; after all, it gave us Doc Holliday, Wyatt Earp, Calamity Jane and Wild Bill Hickok; it was never exactly ‘dull’. If you’re inspired to make the trip, Giftory has several Canyon Tours available that will give you a taste of what the Wild West must have felt like back in the day.
The Grand Canyon on the Colorado River, named officially as the Grand Canyon National Park, was made a World Heritage Site by UNESCO and has been inhabited for more than 12,000 years – and is one of the seven natural wonders of the world. Roosevelt, the president who gave us the national forest system, bought the Grand Canyon Game Reserve into existence in 1906. Less than a year later, he named the canyon itself a national monument. There is much to see for visitors and can be viewed by land, water and air.
If you’re more of a bucking bronco and want to get your spurs and your stetsons out, there are also horse-themed gift experiences available. Leave for Nevada at sunset on a horseback ride that will transport you back in time to the old West on a romantic ride through Nevada’s desert wilderness, then enjoy the air before returning to dinner.
Or the Mulholland Trail ride option in LA, where you ride the trail on horseback and ride up into Griffith Park and get a completely different view of Los Angeles.
Rounding Up
There was always excitement in the Wild West, which explains why it continues to captivate people! Even now the wild west has something to offer visitors from all walks of life. Would you like to experience being a cowboy for a day? Go online to explore fantastic experience gifts currently available on the wild wild web!
