Learn more about the Terry Bison Ranch: www.terrybisonranch.com
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Trail Rides 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. daily (winter hours)
$35 a person for adults and children over the age of eight.
Other activities Bison Tours- every day for all ages
$12 adults , children 4-12 are $6
9 a.m., noon, 3 pm. and 4: 30 p.m.
By Kelly Smith, Life Is as Sweet as Cotton Candy reporter
To catch the spirit of the Old West I recently took a trail ride at Terry Bison Ranch, which located
just north of the Colorado and Wyoming border off of Interstate-25. The ranch is a family oriented
retreat with something for everyone, including everything from horseback riding, to train rides. This is an all-encompassing, authentic western experience right down to the food.
The Wyoming cuisine offered at the Senator’s Steakhouse is not to be missed.
Delicacies not common to your average steakhouse like buffalo sirloin and buffalo short
ribs are a couple of choices on their evening menu.
While at the ranch I had the opportunity to talk to Dan Thieu, who has been the owner of the Terry Bison Ranch for the last twenty years.
When asked about the vision Dan has for the future of the ranch he talked eagerly about his
hope to add more cabins and expand the trail ride operation and wagon shuttles.
He said that years ago they shuttled guests around the ranch with teams of draft horses. Shuttle
rides were discontinued because it was very hard to find skilled drivers, due to such a talent being a lost
art. In the recent past the ranch has begun doing internal training. This is one of the primary things they
are working on right now. Every year they add a little something more to the ranch including
improvements made this year to the gazebo area, and the addition of the chicken bus; offering organic
cage free eggs for purchase.
Thiel’s favorite part of the ranch is the area down the hill near the stables. As I sat in the shade
watching the horses and listening to the breeze move through the trees I would have to agree with him.
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