As Rosy mentioned last week, Mama and Daddy went for the occasional "dog-free" afternoon adventures while we were on vacation.
Apparently, dogs aren't allowed on the trails of Rocky Mountain National Park. Luckily, our RV park was humungous and Mama and Daddy always wore us out took us for long walks before they left.
We did over hear them talking about a few of their adventures though....
Today, we are going to share some of the pictures and background of their Holzwarth Historic Site adventure.
John Holzwarth , a German Immigrant, came to Granby in 1917 with his family.
The Holzwarths made a living doing anything they could. This included lumber milling and even cutting ice from Grand Lake to sell to locals for refrigeration. Eventually though, they opened a lodge
The lodge eventually became the Never Summer Ranch, one of the first "dude ranches". The Ranch was in operation until the mid 1970s when it was absorbed into Rocky Mountain National Park.
The ranch is located in a beautiful valley on the eastern side if Rocky Mountain National Park.
Boy, the scenery is almost as pretty as the view out CeCe's window!
The ranch buildings are nestled in the valley forest
Can you imagine the campfire stories they told back then?
Not all the buildings are open to the public. National Park Rangers call some of them home while stationed at the park.
You can read more about The Holzwarth family and the history of their time in the park HERE
Here is a short slide show Mama put together:
You can also watch it HERE, on our YouTube channel!
Thanks for joining us on another vacation adventure.
Next week we'll take a little break from the Rocky Mountains while we let Mama show you some scary balloon pictures and tell you about the Albuquerque Balloon Festival!
We are joining Sandee at Comedy Plus for the
Happy Tuesday Blog Hop this week!
