Western Pleasure Guest Ranch

Western Pleasure Guest Ranch would like to announce our new arrival. This sweet palomino filly (Pearl) was born May 3rd in the early morning. Some of you may have ridden her mother, Dazzle, at one of your ranch visits. To celebrate this new arrival I am offering $50.00 worth of free merchandise from our gift shop to anyone who books a summer visit and mentions this blog. HAPPY TRAILS!

We just finished our annual spring riding tune-up for us and the horses by participating in a clinic put on by Patrick Wyse of Horse Wyse Instruction. It was a wonderful time of learning and a fun time together with family and friends. We had ten horses in the clinic, ranging from two year olds with 14 days training on them to seasoned horses. Suzanne from New York riding one of our ranch horses, Curly, even joined us for the adventure.

As the snow melts we are experincing some new visitors. This flock of turkeys has been making daily visits to the lodge. A sure sign of spring at Western Pleasure. Spring also means it is time to make your summer reservations. If you haven't done so yet, now is the time, there is just a few days left to book at 2007 rates.

One week into spring, this robin who I found sitting on a snowy limb outside the lodge window, was wondering if it was winter or spring. We woke up this morning to a beautiful blanket of 6 inches of new snow.

Have you had a chance to hear the new George Straight song "I saw God today"? The song expresses different ways the writer has seen God throughout a normal day. Well, we saw God the other day on the ranch, when through a horse emergency, Roley, Brad, or Janice was saved from serious injury. One of our draft horses crossed a fence buried in snow and was in a lot of trouble. Roley and Brad, rather then doing chores, began digging her out. While they were working with the horse they watched our main hay shed collapse under the snow load. Had they been on regular schedule, chances are very good they would have been in the barn. Unfortunately, we lost the horse and one other barn that day, but we are so thankful that we are all okay. It just really makes a person stop and realize what is really important.

The Barn as it stands today:

A NEW BARN IS GOING UP AND SO ARE OUR PRICES, SO BOOK YOUR SUMMER VACATION BY APRIL 15TH AND RECEIVE THE OLD RATES!! Be sure to mention this blog. WERE LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR VISIT. ROLEY, JANICE AND CREW

STAR IS WAITING TO PLAY BALL WITH YOU!

Yesterday, Roley and I went for a snowshoe hike with our destination being the corrals about a mile from the lodge. We were amazed with the snow levels, so we thought we would share our discoveries with you. The above picture shows Roley standing on the top rail of the corral. The bumps in the snow behind him are the tops of the posts. Many of you have ridden horses to this location and will recognize them in the picture below. You can see how tall the fence is next to Checkers and Dolly. Lots of snow!! Spring riding may come a little later this year.

November 30th we woke up to our first snow of the season. A blanket of about six inches. The horses were happy to follow the feed picup to the barns, where they will stay for the winter. Sleighs and draft horses are ready to begin their season.