Down by the LLR Corral

The wranglers live down at the corral either in bunk houses or trailers. It is down the hill from the rest of the guest ranch so unless you know it is there, you would never know there were horses sitting up by the pool or at the Lodge.


Rebecca wanted to go see the corral as soon as we settled in on Sunday afternoon. We later learned that the horses here all get Sundays off, which is really nice compared to the day riding places around Estes Park. This pretty Palomino was by itself but definitely wanted some attention. We later learned that is was new this year and Denny was getting it ready to ride next year.


Here are Denny's horse, the Paint, and Mr. Man, the pony Amber rode when she led trail rides. He's quite large for a pony but just right for Amber. He's still young (4, I think) so he didn't always listen but you could tell he was going to be a great pony when he matures a bit more.

Here's the view of the Twin Sisters from the Corral. Just a gorgeous setting and a wonderful place to go every morning.

Here's Mount Meeker one day after a ride. The road leads up to the rest of the ranch. The tack room was behind us, the corral was over to the left and behind, and the bunk houses were up to the left just outside this photo.

And, a slightly different view of Mount Meeker. This was sunrise on our last day there. It sure was beautiful!

One morning, we got to watch the hay being delivered. This truck sure makes it look easy. And, those horses go through a lot of hay!

The horses would not be happy to see this sign if they could read! Denny told us we could bring carrots down for the horses if we wanted. We bought some but none of them were really interested in them. Guess they aren't spoiled like the horses we ride at home!


Of course, the horses do get fed. Denny has this cool old truck (I forget the year) that is perfect for dumping the hay into the horses' bins. Notice how interested they are in what he is doing! That horse in the front was trying to help, I guess.

And, here are some of them after he's finished filling the bins.


That's it for today's photos. Up next, photos from our rides.