May 13 Blog Happy Mother's Day from Black Mountain Colorado Dude Ranch! Happy Mother's Day to all of our friends and fans from Black Mountain Colorado Dude Ranch! We hope you are treating your Mother to a wonderful day and look forward to seeing all of the mom's that will visit the Ranch this summer!
May 9 Blog Horses of Disney horses, disney horse, horses at disney From DisneyParks Blog, How Does a Horse Become a Disneyland Horse? Disneyland park is a special place to work – even if you’re a horse. Have you ever watched the horses strutting along Main Street, U.S.A., and wondered how they got a job at the happiest place on Earth? Me too! So I asked Alan Cooper, Equine Trainer Leader at Circle D Corral. When casting a new horse for a role at Disneyland park, “what we’re looking for is comfort,” said Alan, who has been at Circle D for more than ...
May 5 Blog Dude Ranches, Cowboy Boots, and Weddings! cowboy boots, Dude Ranch Weddings, Weddings at a dude ranch One of our Wranglers, Kit, is headed down the aisle tomorrow in nothing less than a pair of great cowboy boots! In honor of her wedding, we wanted to share our Pinterest board, Dude Ranch Weddings! What do you think of the trend of rocking a pair of cowboy boots when you say "I do!"? Photo credits go to the amazing Colorado photographer Casey Wigotow of Two One Photography! Check out her stunning collection online, featuring some of our favorite friends, horses!.
April 30 Blog Creede, Colorado: Eyes Widen as Lone Ranger Set to Film horses, horse film, lone ranger Creede, Colorado is looking to have a busier than normal summer. The town just signed a contact with the Lone Rangers production company and filming will start this June. While the cameras won't roll until June, businesses in Creede are hoping for a head start on "The Lone Ranger." They're hoping the set construction for the movie will carry this tourist destination past what's normally a slow economic time of year. On Friday, the small town west of Alamosa signed a contract with the ...
April 29 Blog Daydreaming of Giraffes black mountain ranch, Black Mtn Ranch, Following Dreams One of Black Mountain Ranch's Wranglers, Andrew Hyde, spent last week hanging out in Nairobi, Kenya. He shared with us some of his pictures from his trip, and they got me thinking... Growing up training horses, I daydreamed about running off to join the Circus. Only, I would have a traveling Giraffe show, in which of course I would ride a Giraffe. Horses, though, are more common than Giraffe’s, not to mention it’s much easier to get a saddle on a horse than the sloped back of a ...