Comet Streaming Across the Sky at Pack Camp
What a week! Sun and rain and so much laughter. The Perry and Surritt families were back this week making up a little less than half the guests and they know how to have fun on the trails and in the saloon!
Roping Before & After Diner!
We were prepping for this week at 16 guests and by Saturday afternoon had 22! Sometimes it works out that way and sometimes we’re capped out for the week ahead of time. It’s always interesting what weeks draw people and which ones seem to be more open.
Old Friends and New Stories
Last week was a quieter week and that’s all right! Everyone enjoyed themselves and made the best out of their vacation. Sometimes vacations leave us all tired and sometimes they leave us well rested, this was one of those weeks.
Despite social distancing we know how to have fun!
Every week here is special, sometimes they're full of memories from past guests and other times the week is filled with brand new faces eager to hit the trail or learn to dance.
June of 2020 is off to a great start at the Black Mtn Dude Ranch
This week featured nearly all returners, which is fantastic for story time and catching up. The weather was beautiful and the margaritas were cold at pack camp, a week with no complaints from anyone involved. Every year BMR works with Vail Veterans to host veterans and their families, last year we had four vet families and this week we had one family stay with us.
Welcome back to BMR
What a strange spring we’ve had! Yet, somehow, we’re back here at Black Mountain Ranch and enjoying our guests and horses. We just finished week one, which should have been week three! It was a small group, which is great for us to get used to all the new protocols we’ve been implementing in our Covid world.
July 28th- August 11th How crazy is it that we’re beginning week 12 right now? I was just writing about SNOW on the second day of summer and now Avery and Zach are heading to school and Thatcher is packing up for college… Good lord. Quick update for those reading on Blondie’s healing process and other horse craziness! Blondie is healing up nicely but last week Cyndy noticed she was off in her front and still quite swollen in the back, having had her stiches out she feared it might ...