SUNDAY Start your Old West experience right! Arrive after 2:00 p.m. but before 6:00, and the wranglers will meet you at the front gate with the horse-drawn covered wagon. A ranch hand will take your luggage to your cabin and park your car while you get a brief tour of the ranch. Then while mom and dad unpack, the kids can have an ice cream cone and try their hands at archery in addition to exploring the ranch. Gather at the Historic Log Lodge at 6:00 for The Rendezvous, where you'll enjoy hor d’oeuvres and meet staff, other guests and the owners, Kathie and Jim Yost and Randy and Lisa George.  Then come on into the Dining Room at 6:30 where Randy and Lisa serve up a sumptuous dinner. After dinner you'll meet Randy and Jim in the Social Club for an orientation to the week’s activities. 

MONDAY Get ready to tie into some of the 8 lb. rainbow trout in the pond this week by meeting Jim for an early morning flyfishing lesson. Sip some hot coffee and soak in the view as you learn. Or let Nate take you on a short guided hike. Then enjoy breakfast any time from 7:30 to 8:45. (Don’t be surprised when your kids roust you out of bed early, anticipating the week like they anticipate Christmas morning.) Meet the wranglers at the barn at 9:00. Get your gear ready, stretch for the ride and take a seat while Jim and a wrangler guide you through some horsemanship skills. Maybe a little horse-(non)sense trivia in the process? The kids will meet their wrangler for the week and get an orientation more appropriate for their age. After the orientation, you’ll meet your horse, mount up and head out for a short ride where you'll work out the kinks and make sure you and your steed are right for each other. Gather for lunch at 12:30 and listen to your kids’ bubbling excitement about their first ride. Back at the barn at 2:00. Take the ride that is best for you - walk, walk-trot, or walk-trot-lope. Return to the ranch in time to clean up, relax and get to dinner at 6:30. After dinner, pull up a log around the campfire to be entertained by local cowboy musician/poet, Jim Lynch, and some of the staff.

TUESDAY Each morning you can enjoy the early morning beauty of Latigo on a pre-breakfast hike guided by Nate. After an extended morning ride meet the staff and owners at Pinetop for the lunch cookout. Grilled hamburgers, buffalo burgers, veggie burgers, brats, hotdogs, portabella mushrooms and Lisa’s incredible toffee apple dip. Following lunch you can meet Jim for an afternoon ecology walk/talk or join your kids and their counselors in fishing, swimming, archery or riflery. We’ll have an early dinner Tuesday and meet you at the barn for a sunset ride, returning in time to enjoy dessert while you view pictures pro photographer Dale has taken of you and your family.

WEDNESDAY Riding options galore! Some of you may choose the all-day Vistas Ride, some the High Meadows Overnight Packtrip , and some morning and afternoon rides as usual. This overnight is for riders 11 years and older. In the evening, if you don’t go on the High Meadows Overnight join your kids and try your hand at some cowboy crafts, like roping and whipcracking. Remember, it’s good for them to see you laughing as you struggle to learn something new. Of course, the option to fish or read a book is always there.

THURSDAY Morning and afternoon rides are available as usual, along with the chance to practice sorting cattle.  Because the High Meadows Overnight is too much for kids under 11, they have the option of going on the Ute Scouts’ trip, an overnight catered to them! They'll have the food they like, activities geared to them and a ride that fits their needs better. We can also work it so that the little kids under the age of 6 can hike in with a parent and spend the night there. See the enclosed description. Those who stay at the Ranch Thursday night can learn some line-dancing. Just meet up with Kathie and some staff in the Social Club.

FRIDAY If you choose to go river rafting, pack up a sack lunch at breakfast and leave the Ranch by 8:30 to meet the River Outfitters in Kremmling.  Or you can stay at the Ranch and head out with the wranglers after breakfast to round up the cattle and drive them back to the barn, or take a regular morning ride.  At 2:30, after the river rafters have returned, meet us at the corrals to form your teams for cattle team penning. Here's where we find out how much you improved in your riding this week and if you can work together. Everyone, even the 3-5 year olds, participates and has a great time! For supper, meet the haywagon for a ride to Fire Ring, where Randy will grill steaks, salmon and serve up lots of scrumptious fixin's. Leave your mark on Latigo! Following supper return to the Ranch to put your own family-designed brand on the lodge; when you return next year, add to it! While you’re at it, get your boots, hat or jeans branded to remind you of the incredible scenery, horses, staff and fun you had at Latigo.