A Colorado Summer

This summer, fresh out of college with my bachelor's degree, I took a position with the Nature Conservancy in Colorado. The internship is on a 100,000 acre cattle and bison ranch located in the San Luis Valley. The ranch is nestled between the mountains and only 15 minutes from the Sand Dunes here. It should be an interesting summer before I head off to California in search of permanent employment. Stay tuned....

Wednesday, May 31, 2006

The Inn



Here are some pictures of the Nature Conservancy Medano Zapata Ranch Inn. Pretty swanky, huh? It was actually decorated by a Japanese business man named Ito who opened the ranch as a golf course and spa several years ago. Unfortunately, no one wanted to golf in the middle of nowhere, go figure!, so TNC bought the property. They reseeded the golf course back to native vegetation, but they left the inn. They use it now for workshops and to pamper their legacy groups. These are people who have donated more than 5,000 but usually 10,000 dollars to TNC in their will ( oh, to be wealthy!). Anyway, they did have an inground pool which they cemented in. Our office used to be the sauna and massage building. The hot tub they left functioning! You can bet that after a long day killing weeds I will be climbing into that baby!

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