A weekend at the 7MSN dude ranch

We aim to please here at the 7MSN and try to show our guests a good time. Before we make them help with the chores, we take them on a tour of the neighborhood.

These city slickers are my sister and brother-in-law, posing at the first tram stop – the remains of a homestead, just down the road a piece.


A little further down the road – and up the side of a cliff – is a spectacular array of rock art, or my own private petroglyphs as I like to call them. (I’ll share those with you later in the week.) I gave my lecture about listening for hissing and rattling sounds and watching where you place your feet and hands, then up we went.

No trip to New Mexico would be complete without a souvenir skull picture.

Cheap thrills in the Ranger.

What other tourist destination offers you the opportunity to pose with a dead rattlesnake strung up on a barbed wire fence?

Riding lessons are part of the deluxe package.

Nap time is from 2 to 4 pm.

Guests are encouraged to pursue their culinary interests. My brother-in-law makes a mean plank-grilled salmon.

No trip to the 7MSN would be complete without margaritas and Coronas on the porch.

And a good time was had by all.