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ALISAL RANCH
STORY& PHOTOGRAPHY BYJOHNMUNCIE
CALIFORNIA’S LUXURYDUDERANCHOFTHESTARS
I t wasn’t the first time I’d ridden a horse. wranglers – plodding along the Deer Creek trail at
No. Bear wasn’t the problem.
Pretty sure it’ll be the last.
There were 14 of us – eleven guests and three
The problem wasn’t “Bear.” He was kind of
cute. A 15-hand bay Quarter Horse with
at the base of the Santa Ynez mountains, three
black mane and tail. Sometimes he’d start eating the Alisal Ranch, a cowboy-themed resort nestled
trail-side brush but one kick and he’d dutifully miles south of Solvang in Central California.
giddy up.
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