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"Grab your friends and family and saddle up and head to Drowsy Water Ranch in the beautiful mountains of Granby, Colorado. From dawn to dusk, you'll enjoy horseback riding, outdoor cookouts, white water river rafting, zip lines across glacier carved valleys, and entertainment like no other. It's all at Drowsy Water Ranch. We'll see you...at the corral." Watch the video Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2g0eVY-WZs/

"Going to a dude ranch has been on my bucket list since watching the movie City Slickers with Billy Crystal. There was just something intriguing about going back to simpler times on cattle ranches—of wide open spaces, cowboys, and clear blue skies. A place with no television sets, zero bars of cellular service and such limited internet that it’s as good as not having any." Read the rest of the Article Here: https://bucketlistjourney.net/a-colorado-dude-ranch-vacation-drowsy-water-ranch-in-grand-county/

Have you ever tasted fresh strawberry rhubarb pie? It’s not too difficult to make and just bursts with flavor. I’m betting this will be on your list of regular dessert recipes. Read the rest of the Article Here: https://kellystilwell.com/strawberry-rhubarb-pie/

What could be better than a girls getaway at Drowsy Water Dude Ranch Colorado? Picture this: your best girlfriends, wearing jeans and flannel shirts the entire vacation, someone else preparing your delicious meals, riding horses and hiking the Rocky Mountains. Got it? That’s a Dude Ranch Colorado vacation. Who’s ready? Read the rest of the Article Here: https://kellystilwell.com/drowsy-water-dude-ranch-colorado/

I Admit It. I'm a Dude. Not in the cool sense of the teenage vernacular. Nope, we're talking old-fashioned dude here. As in dude ranch. And it's a good thing. Randy Sue Fosha, who heads up the Dude Ranchers' Association and owns Drowsy Water Ranch with her husband, Ken, invited me and my husband, Chad Hendrix, out to see what dude ranching is all about. When we arrive, Ken promises us a couple of things. First, he says, the guests will come from a variety of backgrounds, but "everybody here's going to be just one thing this week, and that's a [...]

A Horse Vacation For Horse People Alicia and Becca Raddant, ages 18 and 12, are visiting Drowsy Water with their aunt and uncle, Colleen and Randy Olick. The girls, who live and breathe horses at home, had one stipulation as they planned their trip: The dude ranch horses had to be ones that even advanced riders would enjoy. "I want something that's not just an old plug," says Becca, who's from Shawano, Wisconsin, near Green Bay. And the ranch delivers. "It's like I never left home; I just got a grand-new horse," Alicia says. "When we're cantering, it's like I'm alive! [...]

Growing Up to be a Cowboy "I like being here so much, I'd like to work here," says Sean Gordon, an 11-year-old from Jupiter, Florida. His family has been coming to Drowsy Water for five years, ant it's not likely they'll be changing their vacation destination any time soon. "I won't go anywhere else and I won't recommend any other ranch." He has aspirations of becoming a wrangler when he turns 18. Young adults from all over the country work at the ranch during the summers, and many of them are former guests. Some are wranglers who help guests with their [...]

Across the Pond Brian and Janet Jenner, from Grays Essex, England, wanted something really special to mark their 30th anniversary. They found it at Drowsy Water, where they signed up to a two-week stay. Janet, a novice rider, is intimidated at first by her horse, but wranglers quickly switch her to a smaller, more docile mount, and she settles in just fine, although "I'm a bit sore," she says. It is the couple's first trip to the States, and it's everything they expected and more. "It's kind of like it says on the breakfast menu: 'If you leave here hungry, it's [...]

City Slickers Find Happy Trails at Duded-down Drowsy Water GRANBY- A visit to Drowsy Water Ranch west of Granby is like a stay with your favorite aunt and uncle, except this family has a chef, 100 horses and a staff of wranglers. Lacking pretense of any sort, Drowsy Water Ranch is for families who want to relax and ride horses. If you're more interested in fancy food, massages or tennis, make your reservations at one of the 35 other Colorado dude ranches. "People are here to be a cowgirl or a cowboy for a week," said owner Randy Sue Fosha, [...]