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As the summer dude ranch season is only a month away, we are spending a lot of time putting the finishing touches on our preparations for our family dude ranch times. It makes me think about what makes a great summer family vacation. 1) Unplugging- part of what makes a family vacation at Vista Verde,…
A while ago, a couple of our guests suggested that I highlight some of our staff on the blog. I’ve been gathering info on the key players to get the Spotlight series started. I was going to take bribes on who I showcased first, but after getting some fabulous pictures of Kelli recently, I couldn’t…
I’m getting so many calls these days from people looking for great dude ranches for families. This is not a new concept, as families have been traveling to dude ranches for generations. But, it’s especially valuable in today’s fast-paced world and families going several different directions at once. Why is a dude ranch so great…
Every Thursday during the winter ranch season, we go out to the Homestead cabin for lunch. It’s a pretty low key lunch, but it’s just fun to be out there in that beautiful setting, and an adventure to get out to the cabin. Today we had guests walk , snowshoe, ski , snowmobile and even…
In all reality, there is no best time at our dude ranch. However, I find myself over and over telling people who are looking at coming to Vista Verde in September that it is my favorite month. I recently added this photo to our Facebook page, and it brought it all back to me. This…
For the past couple weeks, I’ve been immersed in the holidays and helping to take care of all the great guests we had here. It was a wonderfully fun and bustling time at the ranch with all sorts of special events and activities unique to the season. For both the Christmas and New Years week…
A ranch holiday is unlike any other. We do things just a bit differently. No ball gowns, no big city lights, and we don’t even really make it to midnight. It might sound boring, but we all had a blast yesterday. The evening started out at the Kid’s hut for the first course of dinner.…
With the new Great room, we decided to start a new ranch holiday tradition. Instead of going out and picking a single tree for the Lodge, we brought in a live spruce tree for each family. The other night, everyone gathered in the Great Room after dinner to make decorations and decorate their own tree.…
I was asked to write a quick blog post for Forbes travel guide today. Although we’re looking at a lot of snow and winter vacation visitors right now, I was able to remind myself of the wonderful month of September, and those great adult only dude ranch vacation times. The cattle round up at…
To warm ourselves up for opening day, we decided to open our doors today to the locals. They were invited to come up and ski at the ranch for free and we had a nice group zipping around the trails all day. We did offer that they could leave a donation for the North Routt…