STGR Blog

20% Discount on all stays from:
April 26 - May 3, 2008 & May 18-23, 2008

Children 3 and under are free
Only valid on reservations made after January 25, 2008

Please call or email for more information:
vacation@stgr.com or 866-444-4471

We have filled one of our wrangler positions when Trey Cochran saw our note on the website and wrote us immediately. He wrangled here in the Fall & Winter of 2005 and Spring of 2006. He is very experienced in the rodeo circuit and has been a wrangler on several ranches. We look forward to him returning back to Stagecoach Trails. He will be here from February through the end of May until he has to return to Canada for the beginning of the rodeo circuit. He loves to teach guests how to rope so don’t be afraid to ask him.

Ozzie and Morris are growing up quick and have tripled in size since we brought them home a few months ago. They remain very friendly and love snuggling with guests in the Lodge and playing with the dogs tails and anything else that moves.

While we are closed the dogs are sleeping in the Frontier Lodge so we don’t have to worry about 5 dogs around Sophie. Here is a cute little pic of “Ozzie” snuggling up with “Gus” on his pillow and another one of “Morris” going after his tail.

Stagecoach Trails Guest Ranch is very grateful and honored that The Mill Springs Academy returned the ranch for there 5th year in a row and not only came for 1 week but two full weeks! Wow! The week they are here is alway a welcome retreat from our normal routine at the ranch. They enjoyed many beautiful horseback rides, unforgettable karaoke nights, a overnight trip to the Painted Desert and Petrified Forest, a fun afternoon in Oatman, AZ, and a memorable trip to the Grand Canyon via the train from Williams, AZ. Jodi and I had Sophie right in the middle of their stay but luckily we planned ahead and my sister and brother-in-law, Vicki and Tony Just, filled in just fine. We also had a lot of help from Mary’s boyfriend, Scott, who was visiting. It was a great time and we can’t wait to hopefully see you all again next year. For more information on there school visit - http://www.millsprings.org/

The three of us made it all home safely on Friday night. Sophie even slept the entire way home, including the dirt road which was a major concern - especially for her first time in the car seat. She did great, but turns out she saved the crying for bedtime instead! Here are a few more pics to enjoy and thank you all again for your continued concern, thoughts, and prayers. It must of worked as everything went very well and we are very blessed to have a healthy little girl to enjoy.

Jeremy and Jodi welcomed a healthy baby GIRL on January 10, 2008 at 3:25 pm safely in Lake Havasu City Hospital.

Sophie Marie Rynders
8lbs. 3.3 oz
20 Inches long

Jodi and Sophie are both doing great, and they should be home the afternoon of January 11th.

Thank you for all of the well wishes and prayers!

Howdy, Stagecoach Trails is in need of a new wrangler at the ranch. If you have experience in leading trail rides and would like to live in beautiful Arizona please contact us for more information. vacation@stgr.com or 928-727-8270 and ask for Carrie or Dan Rynders. The position is open starting February 1st when the ranch reopens.

We wanted to let everyone know that a Tedd and Donald and Donna all left the ranch around January 1st. Tedd had worked here for over a year and a half and we appreciate all the hard work he put in during that time. While Donald and Donna only worked here for about 6 months they also did a great job and will be missed around here. We wish them luck with there baby as well coming this Spring.

Craig is still working with us through this summer in which he will go back to his kids camp in Big Bear, CA for the summer and hopefully return in the fall.

We are still looking to one of the two wrangler positions that are vacant from Tedd and Donald so if anyone is interested please email or call us.

We had a long day but we got all the Christmas decorations down in the Frontier Lodge and Hualapai Dining Room. We tend to put up a lot of decorations so it is usually takes a couple of days. However, with the help of the Pano family visiting and all the other great guests we had everything done in one day! Thanks everyone for all your help!