Rob:  Well as you can see, we are out of our regular studios today on Oklahoma's Agritourism's Rolling Bus Tour of Southeastern Oklahoma.  And, we kick off our day at Rebel Hill Ranch, a working horse farm with over one hundred horses that lets guests work or relax just as much as they want to.
Male voice:  Not a bad way to spend a day.
Rob:  It's a peaceful life at Rebel Hill just outside of Antlers; longhorns graze amid the rolling hills enjoying a warm day in the dead of winter.  An idyllic lifestyle ranch owner Becky Franks wants to share with others.
Becky Franks:  This was my grandmother and grandfather's place and so it's third generation, and we've been open for about ten years here, and we're into a little bit of everything, we've got cattle and horses, there's over a hundred head of horses, a couple hundred head of cattle.  We get a lot of guests out of, just about everywhere, but mostly, probably ninety percent of our guests come from Dallas and Oklahoma City.
Rob:  And what they find is a setting that feels much further away than the short drive to get here.  Daily trail rides let visitors see livestock up close, as well as, wildlife.  And if you are a dog lover, well, Becky has plenty.
Becky:  We take in rescue dogs, sometimes the guests bring them from Dallas, people give us dogs, we re-home 'em too.  A lot of times guests take 'em home.  A lot of times they're just running from cabin to cabin, you'll probably look around you can see one somewhere.  The children that come, some of 'em that live in Dallas, Fort Worth area, don't have a dog so they get to have a dog for the weekend and they get to go hunting with the dog, build a campfire, and set around the campfire with the dog, and they really enjoy that.
Rob:  But for the adults, it's the one of a kind cabins that keep guests coming back, each decorated in its own distinct style.
Becky:  This was the first cabin.  And the highway was coming through Antlers and this little house was setting on the side of the road, and it was condemned, and I decided that I was going to start with it.  And I went to an auction and I bought it for two hundred and fifty dollars and I hauled it out here and it took me about a year to restore it.  And everybody in town was kinda like, oh that'll never work, that'll never work, you know, but seven cabins later it is working.
Rob:  Well, let's go inside.
Becky:  Okay.
Rob:  Oh, I like it.  Well Becky, it's really rustic in here, even the ceilings.
Becky:  Uh yes, when we moved this cabin in it had sheetrock and we took the sheetrock down, and these walls were just black from a fire that had happened to it previously so we sandblasted it and that's how you get the textured, rough texture on the wood here.
Rob:  Now I noticed that you're using wagon wheels as a kind of motif in this cabin.
Becky:  Yes we have.  We've got wagon wheels in just about every room from hanging your pots and pans to, as mirrors and also on the beds.
Rob:  Using pieces from around the ranch, Becky has turned old pumps into lamps, and even real life wagon wheels into bed posts.  Well, I really like this bedroom, even with the, the quilts and certainly the wagon wheels; but something that struck me was the headboard.
Becky:  Yes, that is off of an old trough we've had around here for years and years.  You can see around the top where the horses have been cribbing and also the cattle and it's kinda made it unique, and a lot of people don't know what that is, but that's exactly what it is.
Rob:  Well certainly it has a story like many things here, now I want you to tell me about this mirror that has, it looks like boots all around it.
Becky:  Yes it is, that's some of my dad and gmy randfather's old boots and I took the tops out of 'em and wrapped 'em on a piece of wood and made a frame for a mirror.
Rob:  So, what's been your inspiration?
Becky:  Just, I think we've just made do with what we've got; what was here and kinda made it rustic.
Rob:  And as rustic as this cabin is, just over the hill are accommodations straight out of another era.
Becky:  This is our 1911 passenger train.
Rob:  Well this is really cool.  You've done a great job.
Becky:  Well thank you.
Rob:  I mean, you just have to tell me, we've, we've got everything that looks so authentic in here.
Becky:  Yes, Betsy's Quilts, a quilt shop right down the road, did all the velvet curtains and bedspreads and the décor for me; handmade all of, all the curtains and tassels and everything.
Rob:  This was an actual train.
Becky:  Yes it was.
Rob:  You turned into a two bedroom and two bath.
Becky:  Uh huh.
Rob:  That's regal.  Why did you decide to do it the way you did?
Becky:  I like the thought of the Wild West, Wild West train and this is what I thought a train would have looked like back in the nineteen twenties.  So, hopefully this might have been what it looked like when people rode on it.
Rob:  So, whether your tastes are eclectic or more on the rustic side, days and evenings at Rebel Hill can be just about whatever you want them to.

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