Two Bars Seven Ranch Kids Camp

Kids are meant to be cowpokes -- especially right after a whole year at school! So, the first week in June is ³Kids Camp at the Ranch². It is a time when many of our Buckaroos are under four foot tall or have braces on their teeth. It's a week of working on horsemanship skills and jumping-in-the-lake skills. We add a few table manners for good measure.

The kids learn about feeding and caring for the animals with hands-on daily chores and horse care lessons. Twice a day we have riding lessons in the coral and then an hour-long fun ride out in the countryside. Our horses are very accustomed to all levels of riders, and we see to it that all are well suited for each level of rider. Every young rider stays within his or her competence level for safety. We have a wrangler for every five buckaroos and a couple of fishing poles too. Toward the end of the week, when everybody has passed their skills tests, we go find some cows to move, and do a little overnight pack-trip with our horses. We get out the tents and make a campfire, cook the fish we just caught, tell ghosts stories and have pillow fights.


The days go by so fast that the kids keep a journal. After dinner we may take our journals out to the meadow where the frogs are croaking and write for a while and watch each other try to catch frogs. It will be one of the best times of their lives. Many of our ranch camp kids have remained life long friends with each other and have become attached to the ranch, marrying here or having family reunions here.

Some how the time between ³Little Buckaroos² to ³Big Daddy Hood² happens without notice. That one week at our ranch camp has been a defining moment in the lives of many of our young cowpokes.

June 8-14
Ages 7-9 may come with parent
Ages 10-15 may come without parent.