Guests arrive in the afternoon. We want you to take your time and get acquainted with the other guests as well as your cabins and rooms. Sunday dinner gives you an taste (pun intended) of the hearty meals you can expect throughout the next week. Dinner is followed by introductions to the staff and a short orientation of what the week holds for each person.

Monday is a day for getting paired with your horses and saddling up for the first time this week. We have our first riding lessons and trail rides today. After dinner we have an exciting night of country dance in the Teepee Dancehall, so bring your dancing shoes and your country moves.

Tuesday morning offers a guided raft trip on the Colorado river with our friends at Mad Adventures! We also have half day trail rides for the kids and adults that depart throughout the day. After a full day of excitement the adults can enjoy a quiet and relaxing dinner while the kids go on a hayride and have a campfire.

Wednesday is a day full of various activities for everyone. We have all-day and half-day rides, yoga, and fly fishing with Dave Parri. We end the night with a grand carnival in the Teepee Building, bringing everyone together again after a day of adventures.

Thursday starts the beautiful Colorado summer day with a breakfast horseback ride to the top of the mountain, overlooking the Rocky Mountains. After breakfast we have a professional photographer take family photos. The afternoon comes with options to mountain bike, hike, grow your horseback riding skills, setting out to one of the surrounding golf courses, or just simply relaxing at the ranch. At night, it is the adults turn for a hayride while the children have an epic game night.

It’s FriYAY! Today is the day to get your adrenaline pumping. We have zip lining 290 feet over the top of Drowsy Water Ranch. We also have rodeo practice in our arena with an obstacle course to really test the horseback riding skills you have been learning all week. To end the exciting day, we have our DWR Staff Talent Show in our theatre, including music by The Drowsy Players. The show ends with Awards given to guests after the week spent at our ranch. You don’t want to miss this!

We have reached the last day of your vacation at Drowsy Water Ranch. The last day at DWR, the kids get to show off their new skills with a rodeo and horse show before departing back home. Our hope is that you had as much fun as you can have in seven days, that you got to spend time with people you love, that you made new friends, learned new things, and that you will come back and see us again! We truly love to share our home and heritage with all of you.