You want a taste of the true west. You've been riding for a while and feel the urge to use your riding skills for something more than just a pleasure ride. You like to be physical and want to get back to the basics for a while. Picture yourself on a horse for three days straight riding the fence, bringing in a few strays, sharing your meals with the wranglers on the ranch. Does this sound like a childhood dream to you? If so, a working ranch Pure Vacation style is for you.

The week might include branding, penning, cutting, riding hard for a day or two to supply the range rider with grub, and some quiet moments around the campfire talking about your day's adventures.

Guests can rough it as much as they want or not at all. Some working ranches encourage guests to help with the chores, such as irrigating meadows or mending fences. Others teach guests to groom and saddle their steeds. As for the pampering, there's usually well-stocked trout pond right out the front door and country western music as after dinner entertainment.

Most working ranches are short on amenities but long on the kind of activities that are the stuff of fantasy: cattle work, cattle drives and other authentic cowboy ranch activities. Meals are always plentiful, the horses some of the best in the country and the wisdom of your horse invaluable.

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