Thursday, January 21, 2010

Colorado Trip: Part 3 Winter Dude Ranch



My mom and I reserved two rooms at the Beaver Meadow Dude Ranch (on the Colorado-Wyoming state line) so my niece and nephew could have fun in the snow. What we didn't expect when we planned the trip to Colorado was how warm it would be (it was in the 50s during the day and 30s at night.) Coming from New Hampshire I was prepared for very cold temperatures and so brought a lot of heavy, warm clothes.
Luckily at the Dude Ranch it was a little colder than in Colorado Springs and there was still some snow on the ground.
My brother couldn't come with us because he was on-call with his job.
The road to the Dude Ranch were very small, dirt roads that had ice and snow on them - and we were in a mini-van and not the 4wd Jeep I am used to.
Even though we were only at the Dude Ranch from Saturday afternoon til Sunday afternoon we had a good time. My sister-in-law, niece and nephew went ice skating and snow tubing both days (I went snow tubing with my niece and nephew on Sunday.) It was pretty fun.
Most of the time I stayed with my mom while we watched the kids playing and then had hot chocolate. There was only one small restaurant - which was expensive since it was the only place to eat within 10-15 miles.
I took lots of pictures and in the end we all seemed to have a great time at the Dude Ranch.

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