Big Iron Ranch - Watkins, CO

 

Moving on to Big Iron Ranch in Watkins, Colorado. We are about 30 miles east of Denver.

The horses have lovely 10' x 10' box stalls with no run out. So again, they are in cramped quarters.

No trails off the property, so we plan to trailer out to ride.

The weather finally cleared up and it looks like sunny weather in the low to mid 70's the rest of the week.

Horses are in the barn on the left. RV/LQ parking is on the right.

We have water and electric hook-up, but no sewer. No RV dump site on the property and we haven't found one near by, so we will be "on the hunt" when we leave for places to dump.

We also need to refill one of our propane tanks as it is empty. We have roughly 40 hours worth of propane left. We use propane to heat our water and for cooking on the range.

There is a menagerie on the ranch. There are goats, lambs, a pig, ducks, geese, turkeys, and even a newborn foal.

Here is the newborn foal with her mom. They are stuck in a box stall as well.

Turkeys, ducks, chickens...they make a lot of noise and our horses aren't quite sure what to do with that.

There are also several friendly dogs who are very anxious to enlist people to play fetch with them. Click the link below to watch the video. 

Dog insisting Ari play fetch