The horseback riding portion of the tour was just as described and the horses were great and well trained and behaved for the most part. I would give that part a big thumbs up.\r
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The man who picked us up (and was the same man who took us on the ride) was weaving all over the road and had zero personality. He spoke constantly about his tips and even told us that the owners of the ranch were not paying him or the other people who worked there, he was living on his tips. He refused to give us his name. Then after the ride was over and he was taking us back to the hotels he stopped at a store very near the ranch and went in. He left us in the sweltering van with no windows to open and came out with a sandwich and a drink (you'll see why he bought his own lunch below). \r
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The worst part was the ""lunch"" we got. What was supposed to be (this is copied right off their website) A ""hearty cowboy lunch includes all the fixings: barbecue ribs, mesquite grilled chicken, hamburgers, baked beans, potato salad, and a slice of good ol' American apple pie"" was instead a cheap, thin hamburger patty cooked in a fry pan over a 2-burner hot plate, a bun, 2 store-bought containers of potato salad that were awful, some small bags of chips, and a tub of margarine. I am not exaggerating. We had no fixings for the burgers, no mayo, no tomato, no lettuce, no mustard, no other meat, nothing for our friend who does not eat beef, no dessert...it was AWFUL! The flies were horrendous and it was filthy dirty where we were eating and not indoors as depicted on the video. When we asked ""Mr. No Name"" about it, he said he tried to buy ribs at the store but they were out and that the apple pie was for the dinner ride only (the website and their brochures say otherwise). I would give everything else besides the horses themselves HUGE thumbs down. It was the worst. \r
Pros: Horses were wonderful, scenery great
Cons: Horrible food, bad driving
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