Spring Fever
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…
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Read Our Ranch Blog
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!
Destruction and Construction
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…
The First Day of the Rest of Our Lives
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! …
End of the Season Party
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,…
Horeback Riding the Relational way
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…
A real Romantic Vacation!
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…
Winter Horseback Riding, here we come!
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…
The Thrill of Back Country Snowmobiling
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…
A week to remember
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…
Mountain Biking or ‘Biking in the Mountains’
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…
