Stubborn yet glorious fifty degree weather. Muddy pathways. A lively gushing river. And horse manure land mines defrosting all over the winter pasture… smells like Spring is in the air – that's the best at a dude ranch in Colorado! …And a great hush fell over the crowd as the last of the our dude…
While the innards of the Dining room, Kitchen and Staff room are being ripped apart and put back together, the construction on the New Lodge and Indoor Arena are chugging along. Closing down for the season along with the beautiful weather have helped the process along. This week, all the windows and doors in the…
Guest Post My birthday started out like any other day except that I found a unexpected surprise awaiting me in the barn stall, beneath my apartment in the Indoor Arena—a cream colored newly born foal! MJ gave birth in the middle of the night two weeks ago and produced a beautiful baby girl, named Bailey,…
As our last guests checked out yesterday, the demolition party began. While adding on to the Main Lodge, we also are giving the dining room a facelift, and re-arranging the kitchen and office space. So, within hours of the final departure of the season pictures had been removed from walls, wallpaper pulled down, trim removed,…
Guest Post I never got to interact with horses growing up, so for all I knew they were like any other pet– intriguing at first but tend to lose their shiny-new-toy sparkle as owners forget to invest relationally as life gets busy. My interaction with horses started over a year ago when I had the opportunity…
Valentine’s Day is always a romantic day at Vista Verde, but this year it was even more than normal. Former staff member Ben Gammie brought his girlfriend Brooke out for a couple nights. On Valentine’s Day, our crew of cupids set up the Homestead cabin with rose petals, champagne, strawberries dipped in chocolate and a…
I’ve been trying to keep you all updated on what’s going on with the Lodge addition, but haven’t given you an update on the indoor riding arena. That’s partly because there wasn’t a whole lot to look at until recently. There was a lot of dirt being moved, and a lot of steel supports being…
Guest Post Cliffs, jagged turns, bumps, and speed! My first time snowmobiling and I’d do it again in a heartbeat! I joined in with some of our guests, a family from Holland, who were out for their second Snowmobile extravaganza since arriving for their winter getaway in Colorado. The day showcased a brilliant blue…
We just finished up with a monumental week of winter enthusiasts. It wasn’t until I was getting the bills together for all the guests to check out that I realized that out of the 20 guests staying with us, 10 of them were comp stays! How do you get a comp stay at the ranch…
Do you enjoy taking your bicycle down to the corner store for ice cream, or maybe you are a fitness fanatic and you get your blood pumping with a good cycling session… Take a Steamboat Springs vacation and you can do both! Up in the beautiful mountains of Colorado there are endless trails and scenic…
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