| lcuy |
Jul 17th, 2001 02:52 PM |
Eugene kilgore's "Ranch Vacations" is the bible of dude ranches. Has all the details on most ranches in the country. <BR>We stayed at Cherokee Park Ranch in northern colorado about 4 years ago. It is about 100 years old. Lovely cabins, great food, warm days, pleasant nights. They have a stocked pond, a fly fishing stream, shooting (where you shoot clay pigeons), a hay ride, excursions to Estes park, white water rafting and wyoming. You can ride all day every day, or go on shorter trips. Even had a two day pack trip. Lounge with pool tables, playground equiptment and a petting corral. One night had line dancing, another had a "mountain man" come in to talk story. <BR>Beautiful country...hills, greenery, streams, and open fields so you can do some cattle rustling and horseracing. <BR>It is about an hour north of Fort Collins. You can drive up from Denver easily. <BR>We also stayed at The Flying U up in British Columbia. Being in Canada it is very cheap. We loved it there, but it is more rustic than Cherokee Park. Food is more hearty than gourmet, there's a pub on site, and great little cabins with a porch & rocker and pot belly stove. Bath house though, and none of the other activities..just canoeing on the lake, horseriding through beautiful hills without a wrangler (they give you your horse, a lunch and a map each day. Don't worry, the horses will find their way home if you dont). We drove from Vancouver- about 4 hours east. You can take a train right to the back door of the ranch though.
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