Dude Ranch Vacation in Colorado ~ All-Inclusive Family Vacation ~ Orvis Endorsed World-class Colorado Fishing Lodge 
Our 26th dude season has wrapped up and we are now hosting our corporate & meeting groups and fishermen. Fall has arrived with cooler temperatures and there is snow on the mountain peaks in the distance.
The horses are making their way to winter pasture but not before they get one last treat. Here is a fun recipe that we like to “treat” our horses with before they go.
Horse Treats:
1 cup oats
1 cup bran
1 cup water
1 TBSP salt
1/8 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup molasses
1/2 cup grated carrots
1 apple and a small bit of apple sauce
Mix the oats, bran, water, salt, brown sugar, molasses and carrots together well. Roll into small balls and place them on a cookie sheet. Bake at 400 degrees for 20-30 minutes. Let cool and ice the cookies with apple sauce. You can then decorate the cookies with the apple peels and left over carrot peels.
We hope wherever you are that you to are enjoying many fall sunsets.
We thought we’d give you an idea of what fall looks like here and will provide more pictures of trees here at the ranch once they change.
Fall is always a great time at the ranch. This year, we got quite the surprise when the deer returned. They decided to eat ALL of our Halloween pumpkins!!! We had pumpkins by the corral and in front of the May’s House and they would come everyday and eat them all. It was one of the craziest things we’ve ever seen! Even Pepper and Cooper, the cat, (picture on left) couldn’t quite figure out what was going on. Deer eating pumpkins is a first for all of us. It also provided great entertainment while we are working in the office, looking up from the computer, and there is a deer eating off the front porch…..chowing down on the pumpkins. Priceless. 
