Articles Tagged 'New Mexico'

Dude Ranch Blog

5 Reasons to Ride the Gila National Forest for Your Summer Vacation

Geronimo Trail Guest Ranch rests amid the over 3.3 million acre Gila National Forest, making there lots of room to ride on your summer vacation. The common perception of New Mexico in the summer is that it is a hot desert, but Geronimo Trail Guest Ranch is located beneath the tall Ponderosa pines ...

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A Historic Canyon Ride with Geronimo Trail Guest Ranch

Learn about a historic ride into Dwelling Canyon in the Gila National Forest with Geronimo Trail Guest Ranch in New Mexico.  by Meris Esterly Stout At Geronimo Trail Guest Ranch, located in the Gila National Forest in New Mexico, one of our favorite places to share with our guests is...

Geronimo Trail Guest Ranch Celebrates its 10th Anniversary

How did a family who grew up on an island off the Maine coast come to own a guest ranch in the remote Gila National Forest of New Mexico? This month, Geronimo Trail Guest Ranch is celebrating their 10 year anniversary as a New Mexico guest ranch and we wanted to share the story. Originally start...

Equestrian Travel Articles

Riding the Kit Carson Trail and Beyond in Fort Stanton, New Mexico

Riding the horse trails in Fort Stanton! Avid rider Caroline McCoy shares inspiring photos from New Mexico on horseback. Still planning rides between rainstorms.  It was Jill's (on the black and white TWH pinto) first time out in six months from bad knee accident from skiing... long rec...

Expert Equestrian Articles

Back Country Horsemen in New Mexico Clear the Argentine Trail

Back Country Horsemen from Ruidoso and Albuquerque work to clear the Argentine Trail in Bonito Canyon, helping to keep trails open for equestrians and enjoying a beautiful trail ride. Photos and story from Caroline McCoy The weekend before Labor Day, while Nogal Canyon was a regular city of te...

Equestrian Travel Articles

Riding the Apache Trail in Lincoln County, New Mexico

Caroline McCoy, who rides almost every week of the year on her Quarter Horse mare, shares photos from Apache Trail in Lincoln County, New Mexico. photos and story by Caroline Ames McCoy The Bonito River has quieted its rapid flow from the spring. Saturday, some Back Country Horsemen decid...

Equestrian Travel Articles

Visiting Hideout Ranch with an Enthusiastic Rider- When You’re Not

A mom and her teenage sons travel to Hideout Ranch on the Arizona-New Mexico border for an inspiring spring break ranch vacation. by Laurie Orth Spring break planning for myself and my teenage boys involves some deal breakers. We need two clean, comfortable rooms, one for them, and one for me,...

Equestrian Travel Articles

Desert Spring Horseback Ride in New Mexico- Photo Journey

Trail rider Caroline McCoy shares the beauty of riding through New Mexico's deserts in the spring and discovers a waterfall along the way. photos and story by Caroline Ames McCoy Spring winds can make us feel like our minds, skin, hair and souls are being desiccated. In search of wate...

Darley’s Travel Blog

Linda Carson’s Dream Ranch LIfe

Want to change your life? Wonder what it's like to leave your corporate job behind to live on a ranch by yourself with a menagerie of animals? Read on! by Darley Newman Have you ever wanted to do something different with your life? Perhaps quit your office job, travel somewhere new and tak...

Equestrian Travel Articles

Horse Riding Apache Country at Double E Ranch

I rode a Mexican Mustang named Pancho through areas that would have felt downright claustrophobic during the days of Apache reign. by Darley Newman, originally published in her column in True West magazine While astride Pancho in southwestern New Mexico beside the Gila National Forest, hi...