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 [...]

Western Hospitality stays strong at this Colorado dude ranch. Drowsy Water Ranch feels more off the beaten path than it actually is. The 700-acre dude and guest ranch is tucked into a narrow forested valley about a mile-and-a-half off Highway 40 in the Colorado Rockies. Situated about six miles west of the town of [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]