February 9 Blog The Boardwalk of Atlantic City "On the Boardwalk in Atlantic City, life will be peaches and cream.” - from the 1991 Disney film Wild Hearts Can't be Broken. Atlantic City is looking to revive the hustle and charm of its popularity in the 1880's. In efforts to gain tourism and lure visitors back to the Boardwalk, one act in the revival is horse diving. Steel Pier Ownership, announced in early February of this year, that it intends to bring back Atlantic City’s famed Diving Horse attraction, which began in the 1920s ...
February 7 Blog Alternatives to Snowmen at a Dude Ranch Ran across this picture on the Heather Jansch Facebook page. We featured her more traditional medium, driftwood, a few weeks back in our blog post "On Following Dreams". Since Colorado has been hit pretty heavy with snow this past week, we wanted to tribute her newest horse, sculpted from snow! Gives us something to work towards the next time we have a couple of feet up at the mountain, and would love to feature any more snow horses from our fans and guests! Send us a picture of yours ...
February 5 Blog Super Bowl Sunday- Bring on the Horses It's Super Bowl Sunday. The Super Bowl is the annual championship game of the National Football League (NFL), and it is the highest professional football in the United States...just for the few % that might not know. The day on which the Super Bowl is played is now considered a de facto American national holiday, and is the second-largest day for U.S. food consumption, after Thanksgiving Day. Crazy! So what does the Super Bowl XVLI have to do with horses? With the game having such an ...
February 2 Blog Mountains of Colorado: At Black Mtn Ranch As the snow is creeping its way to Colorado, it brings a sense of peace and stillness to the Mountains. There is such a profound beauty and richness to our surroundings. The once rich and green hills are about to be covered in a blanket of snow, the pastures where the horses graze are empty and silent. While we are anxiously awaiting for the summer to arrive and the cabins to fill with the chatter of guests, the weather brings us a reminder to slow down, tend to the fire, make another ...
February 1 Blog Poetry at our Colorado Dude Ranch One might not think that poetry and cowboys make a good pair, but we decided to challenge our fans to write a horse haiku as part of the entry for our giveaway. Entries will be taken until February 28th, so you have plenty of time to sit down with a pencil and paper and get creative. Here are two of our favorites so far! Will yours be one? hai·ku noun \ˈhī-(ˌ)kü\ plural haiku Definition of HAIKU: : an unrhymed verse form of Japanese origin having three ...