Dude, where's my ranch? High up in the Rockies, head wrangler Joe Webber promises to show you the ropes at the Powderhorn Ranch.Yes, you can be gay and be a big ol' bona fide [Latin, In good faith.] Honest; genuine; actual; authentic; acting without the intention of defrauding. A bona fide purchaser is one who purchases property for a valuable consideration that is inducement for entering into a contract and without suspicion of being cowboy. Take a gander Gander, town (1991 pop. 10,339), NE Newfoundland, N.L., Canada. Gander's airport, an important base in World War II, is a hub for international flights; it also attracts many refugees. It was the site of a Dec. at Joe Webber, head wrangler wran·gler n. 1. One who wrangles or quarrels. 2. A cowboy or cowgirl, especially one who tends saddle horses. Noun 1. of Powderhorn Guest Ranch (800-786-1220; PowderHornGuestRanch.com), an 80-acre dude ranch in the Colorado Rockies For the National Hockey League team (1976 – 1982), now known as the New Jersey Devils, see . The Colorado Rockies are a Major League Baseball team based in Denver, Colorado. They are in the West Division of the National League. that hosts not only family and gourmet weeks but--under the new straight but-not-narrow owners--gay weeks, making it one of only a few truly gay-friendly dude ranches in the world. "With the previous owners," says the strapping Webber, "I was putting up this facade of being this big straight guy, and I was getting totally sick of it. I'd have to lock my door at night because these single women would come and knock. I was so closeted clos·et·ed adj. Being In a state of secrecy or cautious privacy. ." So when new owners Greg and Shelly Williams asked him to stay on as head wrangler, he replied," 'Look, I'm gay, and I'm not coming back unless that's completely OK.' They laughed. Greg said, 'Joe, get your ass out here. We don't care at all! Come out to everyone you want to!'" "Other ranches are afraid to do gay weeks but we're not," says Greg Williams. "Hell, we love it! You tell me what the difference is between having a gay week and having a family week. It's all about good people and good fun." The 35-guest ranch, established in the 1870s, sits at an elevation of 8,652 feet in the high alpine desert, adjacent to 1.4 million acres of untamed wilderness in Colorado's Gold Belt. Though its primary attraction is horseback riding, the ranch offers some of the best dry-fly trout fishing ill the United States thanks to its prime location on the renowned Cebolla River. Other ranch activities include campfire gatherings, hunting, overnight outdoor camping, hot-tubbing, volleyball, and four-wheel driving trips. In spring, guests can watch calving calving act of parturition in a bovine female, and presumably in any animal that bears a calf as its newborn. See also block calving, ease of calving. calving-to-conception interval , branding, and--for those with the stomach for it--castrating demonstrations. For 2007's gay weeks (June 3-9 and August 26-September 1) the owners have invited the gay line-dancing group the Stompers Stompers were first created in 1980 by Schaper Toys. These toys were battery-powered vehicles that ran on a single AA battery and featured all-wheel drive. They were driven by a single motor that turned both axles. to entertain guests. "Greg keeps telling people I'm bare-assed under my chaps and I'm not, but I told him if we do a gay week, I'd do it!" promises Webber. "Here at Powderhorn there's almost no gay people--so far. So I miss sex, but this is a dream job. I spend off-season working ski resorts so's I can ski. The best would be to meet someone and have him here." Any takers? |
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