Cowboy Life: Working Ranches
Chuck wagon dinner ride at Caprock Creek Ranch
Experience what it's like to be a cowboy in Northeast New Mexico at these working ranches. Enjoy everything from a chuckwagon dinner with the kids tossing horseshoes to a week on a working ranch 'punching' cattle:
Caprock Creek Ranch Adventures, San Jon NM, 1-888-GIDDY-UP. Chuck wagon dinners, horseshoe tossing, hay rides. Quay County
Cedar Creek Ranch, Grenville NM 575-278-2793. Working cattle and thoroughbred horse ranch. Guest ranch house for visitors; summer antelope hunts. Union County, cedarcreekranchnm.com
Cimarroncita Historic Ranch Retreat, Cimarron NM, 1-866-376-2482. Art and literary workshops; cowboy/cowgirl weekends; Indian dances; campfire evenings. Colfax County, cimarroncita.com
Rounding up cattle at JX Ranch
JX Guest Ranch, Tucumcari NM, 575-487-2419. Experience daily life on a cattle ranch - cattle drives, family-style dinners, you can even make your own chaps. Quay County, jxranch.com
Rocking J Ranch, Santa Rosa NM, 575-472-5127. Cattle drives, branding, hunting. Guadalupe County, rocking-j.com
Victory Ranch Alpacas, Mora, NM, 575-387-2254. Hands-on experience at the largest alpaca ranch in the Southwest. Yarns, clothing, gift shop. Mora County, victoryranch.com
