For summer!!

Steven and the kitchen crew put in a new fire pit for cooking down by the campfire, and Jamie is putting in new log tables and benches, like the ones out at the breakfast ride site. He's planning on cooking out one night a week, and we are very excited to try out the new space.

John just ordered a new peddle boat. The old one imploded last year. OK, not really, but it did become un-pondworthy.

Tricia and Heather C. have been replacing bedding.

Chris and Heather B. are buying some new horses. (You can see a couple of the new ones on our horse of the month on the website at http://www.rocksprings.com/Dude_Ranch/Horseback_Riding/Horse_of_the_Month/)

Kent (former Rock Springs Guest Ranch employee) came out and cut another window into the little bar in the lodge. Now it will be open toward the living room, not just toward the walkway between the living and dining rooms. It opens up that corner, and will allow the person working in the bar to see and talk with everyone better. John sanded down a juniper slab countertop for the window, which turned out very pretty.

And another big purchase of the kind I really dislike (because nobody sees them, and it does not improve the guest experience,) a new commercial washing machine. I know housekeeping is excited, but as I said in an earlier post when I was talking about the new kitchen stove, it's sort of like having the breaks done on your car. Gotta have them, but it feels like money just vanished.

Oh, and another fun one (not,) some re-working of the new pool heater.

Early arrival staff are starting to show up, things are coming together for the new season. Hope to see you soon!!