A few months ago when Nate and I went out to Colorado, my family took us to The Flying W Ranch for my birthday. The Flying W Ranch is an actual working mountain cattle ranch located in the foothills of Colorado Springs, but the really cool thing about the Flying W is that they serve chuckwagon dinners while the Flying W Wranglers sing and tell jokes. The Ranch also has a mountain village that you can explore before you sit down to eat and be entertained. Most of the buildings are shops where you can buy cowboy gear - like this really nifty hat.
Last time I went to the Flying W, Paige, Nicole, and I had a really great time riding the tiny train, and Paige told us to ride the train for her when we went. Unfortunately that plan was foiled.
After looking around the village we sat down in the big outdoor picnic area to eat our dinner.
Then we filed into the ranch house to hand over our tickets in exchange for a chuckwagon dinner.
The great thing about the Flying W is that everyone gets the exact same dinner. Beef or chicken, baked beans, baked potato, biscuits, and applesauce. The food is served on a tin plate and the Wranglers remind you to get your cold applesauce so that you can hold onto that hot plate.
After everyone got their food, the Flying W Wranglers took the stage to sing all their cowboy songs and tell their cowboy jokes. Taggart and I were especially happy to hear "I'm my own Grandpa." When we were kids, we had that song on a Flying W Wrangler tape, and we listened to the tape so much that it eventually broke. We loved the Wranglers so much that we bought their CD and listened to it on our way back to Kansas.
After everyone got their food, the Flying W Wranglers took the stage to sing all their cowboy songs and tell their cowboy jokes. Taggart and I were especially happy to hear "I'm my own Grandpa." When we were kids, we had that song on a Flying W Wrangler tape, and we listened to the tape so much that it eventually broke. We loved the Wranglers so much that we bought their CD and listened to it on our way back to Kansas.
5 comments:
sounds like a wonderful birthday for everyone all around. Wish we could have all been with you!
I totally remember the I'm My Own Grandpa song and I only went to Flying W once about 15 years ago. Sounds like you guys had an awesome time. See you soon! (You can call again and hopefully I won't be insanely busy this time. Or I can try and call you one of these evenings.)
Jess, I think I was there that time you went to the Flying W! Feel free to call whenever you have a moment.
I am so so jealous! I love the flying W. Next time I am there I want to go again!
nicole
I've never been to the Flying W before, but I SO want to go now that I've seen what it's all about! Fun!
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