Memories
Below you will find memories shared from family and friends as well as former campers, hostelers, travelers, and a whole multitude of others who have all been a part of the H-Bar-G Ranch history.
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I remember hiking up behind the H-Bar-G Ranch Hostel in August '93. I came across three horse riders in a meadow in the distance. I was in the trees some 300 yards away. I photographed them and...
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I am 73 years old and I attended H-Bar-G Ranch as teenager for two summers. I came with two friends, Beth Oberfelder Aviv and Susie Howard. The experience is some thing that I will never forget. My...
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On a sunny day, July 31, 1976, my friend and I were headed up the Big Thompson Canyon, as we continued our cross-country bicycle trek, from Connecticut to California. There were many people...
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I stayed more than a week at the Ranch to explore a part of Colorado back in the late 90s. I just loved the classic army truck shuttle between the town of Estes and the Ranch! The host at that time...
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It was September 1988 when I was a student from Edinburgh on a solo tour of the USA. I stumbled upon this place as I hitch hiked from Denver across the Rockies. I arrived to find what I thought was...
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My grandmother, Jean Fletcher, spent summers at the ranch from the 1920s until her grand uncle Charles Lester sold it in 1933. I have never been to Estes Park, but heard about it through her, for...
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30 years ago my wife and I had stayed at a hostel in Grand Lake. We drove over the pass to Estes Park and made our way to the H-Bar-G Ranch. Once settled in our cabin, we told Lou that we wanted to...
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I was in the group of Peace Corps volunteers training for Tunisia. We had our classes at the H-Bar-G Ranch. Our smaller group of architects took our classes at the H Bar G and ate our meals there,...
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In 1982 we and our children visited my father’s cousin, W. G. (Griff) Edwards, and his wife in Denver for a holiday. During this time we went on many visits in Denver and parts of Colorado ending...
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It was the summer of 1993. My girlfriend and I worked together in Special Education in Orlando, FL and had decided to take a road trip out west... what turned out to be a 3,300 mile road trip!...
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