The Wranglers

Just a couple more glamour shots taken the morning of our departure from Indian Peak Ranch.












The guest house was a great place for dog training. The rooms were spacious and allowed plenty of room for practicing recalls, stays and other maneuvers.











In the center of the home was a wide, open staircase. This came in useful for sending Trigger running up and down the stairs until he was ready for a nice, long nap.

The Ranch Animals.....

Otherwise known as Hell's Creatures.
Please don't ask me what Gladys is trying to do to Trigger.




Here they are posing on the hide of a large black and white animal. Be assured that the afore-mentioned animal skin was already separated from the animal and serving as a rug prior to our arrival.

Their actual hunting is confined to flies and an occasional moth.

Belly up to the Nectar Bar!

If you enjoy watching hordes of hummingbirds feeding just a few feet away from you, then this is the place for you!










Even the dogs found the birds quite mesmerizing and periodically they would just have to jump towards the window causing the hummers to temporarily scatter.

Hummingbird Monitoring Network

Indian Peak Ranch is one of the monitoring locales for The Hummingbird Monitoring Network.







This organization is a group of dedicated and highly trained volunteers who periodically trap, band and record data for hummingbird research.


Additional information regarding this group can be obtained from their website at: www.HumMonNet.org

Indian Peak Ranch

We just returned from a very beautiful and restful stay at Indian Peak Ranch in Mariposa. This ranch is located on the top of a mountain about an hour's drive from Yosemite National Park.
There are two houses on this 120+ acre property. One house belongs to the hosts, Barbara and Duane Robinson and the other is the guest house.

The guest house is very private and has its own pool, hot tub and surrounded by decks with incredible views. It's the perfect spot to just relax and watch the multitude of birds that call it home.


Gladys and Trigger found it to be the ideal refuge for extended sleeping and wrestling sessions.