Week long Camp – June and July each year
They arrive on Sunday afternoon between 12 and 1pm with a 1pm meeting to attend with staff for campers and parents.
Grab them some lunch prior to arrival as dinner is not till 6 pm.
The first thing on agenda is to assign “partners” since they are instructed to take their partner with them whenever they go away from the group: be it going to get more water for their water bottle, do a bathroom break, or go to the office for a band aid, or medication.
They then get started by heading to the barn for assessing everyone’s level of horsemanship, and they always start off with safety lessons about being around the horses in general, some tying and saddling lessons, and then actual riding
Where do they stay?
They stay overnight in our bunkhouse which has two sides to it with 7 -8 bunks on each side, a wall with door between the two, and 2 private baths on each side. We do not take more than 14 kids for any given week. The kids stay on one side and the counselors and/or “dorm person” stay on the other.
They do chores while they are here, feeding and saddling of horses and tend to the few other animals on the Ranch in the morning, and unsaddling and chores in the evening. Lessons are typically early morning and after dinner depending on the weather. They also go on trail rides, and have some down time where they can enjoy the pools, with one day during the week going to town for ice cream at the General Store. Sometimes they do some crafty things as well. Mostly they get a lot of “horse time”!
GIRLS: (Starts first Sunday of June through July)
Sunday drop off to following Saturday pick up.
The girls are here for a week with concentration on teaching them to barrel race, and at the end of the week they participate in an exhibition barrel race at the local rodeo. No experience necessary, and if girls have their own horse they would like to bring, it’s sometimes available, but we do have horses that the girls use to practice on.
BOYS: (Typically only one week of Boys camp the end of July)
Sunday drop off to following Saturday pick up.
The boys do all sorts of activities with horse events and roping, and they do a little mock rodeo on that Friday night here at the Ranch. The boys do not need any experience forcoming to camp. Some of our counselors have done some Bull Riding, and other kinds of Cowboy events, and offer the boys “tidbits”, always making the camp interesting for all the boys given the diverse lives they come from
What to Pack?
Enough Clothes for a full week, including:
- Refillable water bottle (A MUST) Preferably wide mouth in order to add ice.
- Sleeping bag (We have pillows)
- Blue jeans
- Long-sleeved shirts (at least 1 for Rodeo night)
- T-shirts
- Boots
- Tennis shoes and/or hiking shoes
- Swimming suit
- Beach towel for Pool (We have towels for showering)
- Sunscreen
- Flashlight
- Hat
- Personal toiletries i.e.; Toothbrush and toothpaste (We have hotel size soaps and shampoos available)
