Day 6 – Rounding Up Strays

We herded what we thought were all the cattle into the pasture. I checked for cattle in the dips and valleys since they could easily hide in the tall grass. […]

Day 5 – Riding Horseback in Cattle Country

I’m too easy on the horses. A finished horse shouldn’t be able to get away with standing there when I want him to go. Nearly got yanked off Yellow. […]

Day 4 of Karl’s Cattle Herding Vacation

On the fourth day of Karl Lentini’s cattle herding vacation, Karl rides “Yellow.” […]

Day 3 of Karl’s Cattle Herding Vacation – Stampede!

On the third day of Karl Lentini’s cattle herding vacation, we got caught in a storm about four hours from the headquarters. The wind blew so hard that our slickers billowed out like sailboat sails. We had to hold our cowboy hats as best we could since the hats would have blown to the next […]

Day 2 of Karl’s Cattle Herding Vacation

Drove my first cattle today. I didn’t know that they will hide behind a tree hoping you won’t see them – sometimes you don’t. […]

Cowboy Karl’s Cattle Herding Vacation – Day 1

Karl Lentini from Los Angeles writes about his week-long Cattle Herding Vacation at the Double Circle Ranch. […]

A Cattle Herding Vacation for Cowboy Karl

Karl on his Cattle Herding Vacation

We had a wonderful guest here at the Double Circle Ranch last week. Karl Lentini from Los Angeles came to the Double Circle for a cattle herding vacation. He spent a week riding and herding Texas Longhorns. He chose this ranch because he didn’t want to go […]

Forrest – Our Hard Working Ranch Guest

Working Ranch Guest Forrest and Tractor

Our friend Forrest is back at the Double Circle Ranch as a working guest. He is the most helpful thing since pockets came into style – always handy. Not only does he ride and herd cattle, gather any stragglers, and feed horses, he runs a tractor and backhoe, […]

Be a Ranch Hand – Working Ranch Vacations

Are you looking for a working vacation where you can be a cowboy ranch hand, herding cattle and helping out with ranch work on a historic working cattle ranch? […]

Horseback Riding in Wide Open Spaces

That is one of the many good things about custom ranch vacations at our guest ranch. If one person wants to ride all day, I’ll take him. I never pass up an excuse to be horseback all day. […]