Riiiiii-col-la!
Years ago we had the great folks from Ricola out at the ranch for a family vacation. After their visit, they kindly sent us some tubs of Ricola drops to share with our guests. Over…
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There’s always something happening at Vista Verde Ranch. Foals are born, new recipes are created, or the wranglers are playing tricks on each other. Come here to read the latest news!
Penguin Plunge
In order to get the landscaping completed around our new pool, we had to get the snow blowers out and remove the snow this spring. That wasn’t quite in the plans, but with the record…
Turning up the heat
With many of us squeezing in vacation time the past couple weeks (yes, you may have noticed an absence of blog posts…that would be me sneaking away for a bit), it’s been pretty quiet around…
Summer Crew 2011
Dace, our Jack of all trades with the title of ranch GM, resident cowboy, and artist/singer is also responsible for hiring our awesome staff each season. The process is intense, with multiple interviews, extensive reference…
Mud Season
When it’s not quite still winter, and not quite yet summer here in Steamboat Springs, we don’t refer to it as Spring but call it by another name. Mud Season. Most years, it’s just an…
Springtime means babies!
With the sun shining more and more, and the snow falling less and less, we’re starting to think that spring is actually here! That means we can start getting ready for our summer dude ranch…
Spring, where are you? And other dude ranch ramblings
As many of you know, we closed down a little over a week ago. It was a great winter season, and now we are all excited about spring and looking forward to summer. However, there…
Meetings, meetings, meetings….at a dude ranch?
Yep, we’re immersed in meetings here at Vista Verde Ranch this week. Dace, Ben and I spent Sunday, Monday and Tuesday in Denver at the Colorado Dude and Guest Ranch Association Spring meetings. We drove…
Closing Day and a Fundraiser
Wow, the clock is counting down to closing day, and I can’t believe it’s that time already. Guests tell us that their stays fly by, but the seasons seem to fly by even when you…
You did what?
Last week my daughter spent an afternoon playing with some kids who were visiting our luxury guest ranch with their family (names withheld to protect their entrepreneurial identities). That night, and for days after, she…
