August 12 Blog BMR 2016 Summer Week 10 BMR Best of Week 10 - They say in Colorado "If you don't like the weather wait 15 minutes!" and that was certainly the case this week as we started the week off with a thunderstorm that yielded a wonderful rainbow not long after. Guests this week cam from all corners of America plus the UK and Germany. Lots of long rides meant the hot tubs were popular to ease those sore muscles at the end of the day and making leather bracelets in the saloon was a bit hit with the kids too. ...
August 1 Blog BMR 2016 Summer Week 9 Best of BMR Week 9. 38 guests this week including 12 returners. A whole range of ages from 9 years old to 80 and a great range of riding skills too, from 'never evers' to English style hunter/jumpers and Western cutting horse riders. What they all had in common was a lot of energy. On the trails, at the shooting range, in the saloon (which was regularly rowdy!) and in the arena where the competition was fierce in the arena games. Nx ...
July 27 Blog BMR 2016 Summer Week 8 Best of Week 8. Hi there, apologies for nothing last week and the delay this week. I was off Week 7 and then we've had some internet problems this week. Anyway here with the best of Week 8. 35 guests including 3 families from the UK one of them a returning family from 2013. Lots of kids made new friends and competed hard in the kids arena games. The annual Eagle County Rodeo was on, so rather than go to Steamboat Springs, we all went to Eagle instead. Had some welcome rain, (we really need ...
July 11 Blog BMR 2016 Summer Week 6 Best of Week 6. 45 guests this week including 29 that formed a family reunion. American Independence day on Monday was celebrated by us dressing up the saloon and the lodge as well as painting horses and faces red white and blue. The typically schizophrenic Colorado mountain weather delivered a massive hailstorm up at Jake's Lake on 4th July after the dinner ride up there. Snowman were built! Then 30 mins later it was warm and sunny again! Thursday night was a showcase for some pretty ...
July 5 Blog BMR 2016 Summer Week 5 Best of BMR Week 5. Family weeks continue at the ranch. 37 guests this week including long time returning guest John Agnetti (12 years this year) with his grown up children Melissa and Nick. We celebrated is 60th birthday in style with whisky shots in the saloon! Californian Maggie Turner who turned 50 this year decided she wanted to celebrate the milestone here with her extended family - 11 of them who all loved to ride together. Pony painting proved popular this week with the kids coming ...