American Adventure Holidays
Escape the crowds and discover the American West on a Ranch-Raft-n-Ride holiday. Your adventure holiday here will take you riding and rafting through “drop jaw” scenic vistas, shooting authentic cowboy firearms, or fly fishing for Pacific Salmon and Steelhead. The prospect of grand adventure will draw you West, but the homestyle hospitality will bring you back.
The American adventure holiday or American ranch holiday is known in the USA as a “dude ranch” or “guest ranch vacation”. The American ranch holiday has global appeal. It easily crosses most cultural barriers and has an irresistible mix of participatory outdoor experiences set in spectacular natural paradises. When we take the call to wilderness adventure and add social camaraderie, abundant original cuisine, and whole family involvement, the American adventure holiday can simultaneously saturate all the senses. The American adventure ranch is one of those magnificent good places. It wraps individuality in magnificent size of place. It nurtures and revitalizes.
Most adventure ranches have programs built on week-long visits. Experience has taught that sufficient time is key to adequately savor and process the sights, sounds, smells and new experiences of an American adventure ranch. If self identity can be tied to a relationship with place, discovering the “cowboy” in you will require adequate time on location in the American West.
The grand scale of landscape size in America can sometimes be difficult to wrap your mind around. America is a land where each state is the size most European countries. Rather than letting distance become a distraction, the clever traveler can turn the journey to the ranch into the metered crescendo of your itinerary. That needed decompression from the inbound flight can nicely be mitigated by slowing the ranch-ward drive with detours to additional treasures such as Yosemite, The Redwood Forest, or touring local vineyards.
While lodging amenities, activity offerings, and geography may vary ranch to ranch, the common threads are usually thrilling horse riding opportunities, fine cuisine, and legend Western hospitality. With hundreds of quality ranches to select from, the prospect of choosing a dude ranch can seem intimidating. An American adventure ranch can be based on a traditional working ranch, highly developed resort ranches, and adventure ranches that offer a greater variety of activities such as river rafting, fly fishing, and shooting sports.
Rates for a holiday at an American adventure ranch are surprisingly affordable. Remember that as a fully catered all-inclusive end destination, once you arrive, there are few if any additional expenses. Discount fares are available for seniors and youth and can be earned by booking early, traveling in shoulder seasons, or by negotiating for group rates for larger parties. In addition, the security of smaller on-ranch group sizes and the remote settings can provide good safety to families and to grandparents traveling with grandchildren.
We hope you can join us on an American adventure holiday as we share our ranch home in the California West.
“My grandson and I had the vacation of a lifetime at Marble Mountain Ranch. It far exceeded our expectations. We are excited to make a return trip in 2010. We miss all the staff and will continue to keep in touch with guests we met this past summer. Louise Duren”
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Grandparent Travel To Dude Ranches Joins Generations In Shared Adventures
Grandparent travel or Multi-generational travel has the benefit of drawing generations closer together. It can create important new ways for the generations to relate to each other. Multi-generational bonding is facilitated by travel with grandchildren and is important to the well- being of each generation. Grandparents can enjoy their grandchildren in ways that were not possible with their own children, and grandchildren can connect with their family roots while enjoying special vacations. Meanwhile, the parents might also get some often needed time for themselves if they are not part of the adventure. Grandparent travel enables growth of grandparent/grandchild relationships and is not limited to the biological grandparent. Surrogate grandparents, such as aunts, uncles, and god parents can benefit from inter generational travel experiences as well.
Many of the planning difficulties of travel with children can be avoided by signing up for all inclusive end destinations such as California’s Family Guest Ranch. Keeping the children occupied and engaged is easy, and the participation in outdoor adventure is a perfect way to interact in a neutral and fun setting. The appeal of a a single end destination with lots opportunities for engaging the grandchildren is that less planning is required. There are fewer entities you need to contract with, risk management is more consistent, and differing interests of the grandchildren can be easily met.
nce you are traveling with an urban raised grandchild, how are you going to compete for attention with a child that is used to sensory saturation from electronic media? In an outdoor wilderness setting with formatted activities, it is easier for city-raised children to step away from digitized computer enhanced realities. One of our favorite comments from a recent child guest was, Wow! This is better than virtual reality!” Here are some additional tips for planning travel with grandchildren. More than just a trip for grandparents and grandchildren, grandparent travel is a shared passion for adventure that focuses attention on the benefits that come from multi-generational experiences. We hope you will join us with your grandchildren and create memories that will last for a lifetime.
The remote and secure settings of a wilderness ranch can reduce many of the risks of traveling with children. Here, we can reduce concerns about how to corral the little darlings and not have them wandering alone into the hotel lobby, elevator, convenience store, or other attractive nuisances. All of our activities are staffed by ranch wranglers, guides, counselors, and owners. With no more than 36 total ranch guests in attending family groups, the concept of group safety in our outings is additionally reinforced.
“My grandson and I had the vacation of a lifetime at Marble Mountain Ranch. It far exceeded our expectations. We are excited to make a return trip in 2010. We miss all the staff and will continue to keep in touch with guests we met this past summer. Louise Duren”
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What Do People Do On Dude Ranch Family Vacations?
Is A California Dude Ranch Vacation Right For You?
How You Know You’re Getting The Best In Dude Ranch Vacations