Ahhh … sunset. Travis’ favorite time of day. Whenever we are at Liberty Ridge Ranch, we take time out to enjoy the sunset and are rarely disappointed. Those are the awe-inspiring Sangre de Cristo mountains, named “Blood of Christ” for the color they turn with the sunRISE hits them. We’re more sunset kind of people, so it may be a while until you see sunrise photos on here. The banner at the top of this site showcases their majesty even better (it’s the future view from our front porch). What a testament to the Creator.
Here’s another sunset, looking in a different direction in the middle of summer. The sun is setting directly over the Collegiate range at that time of year. (The photo above was taken in January.)
In case the sunsets just aren’t flaming enough for us, the ranch is a perfect place for a daily/nightly bonfire. We still have plenty of brush piles that need clearing from when our driveway was built. There’s not too much Travis loves more than a good day of chainsawing. Maybe someday he’ll long for his white collar job in retrospect, but for now, a good fire and some piñon pine to cut up make him very happy.
Here’s a view from east of our 35 acres looking down at our meadow and two peaks. We still can’t believe we will get to live there full time someday, Lord willing.
Down in that meadow we have a creek running through, and the springtime brings beautiful Colorado wild flowers.
Usually by late summer, the Sangres have finally lost their snow. We long for the pleasant days, afternoon thunderstorms and cool, quiet nights filled with a million stars during these sweltering desert summers.
This was taken from what we call “The Top of the World”. It’s about 400 feet above the meadow floor and 100 feet above the future house site. Obviously, this is our “happy place.” We’d love to share it with you.
The ranch is gorgeous! This year we are building on five acres (not 35!). Our place is not quite so wild and wonderful, but just right for us. What is your time range for moving to the ranch? Will you be working cattle there, or is everything in the west called a “ranch”?
Love the site! Keep it up!
We are hoping to move to the ranch full-time when Travis reitres from the Air Force (at least another 11 years from now). We’re hoping for an assignment somewhere near there next (2 years from now). We have a lease to a local rancher, so there are cattle on it now, and we’ll probably have some of our own with a few horses (hopefully mustangs, but that’s another post) as well.