Copper State Trail Riders
January Ride Report
O
n Friday morning I arrived in Oracle and ran
into five new people on their way to our ride.
Under normal circumstances I love to meet and
welcome new riders to our club. However this turned
out to be anything but normal.
We headed up to High Jinks Ranch were I thought
there was a campsite for us. On Google Earth the
spot the ranch told us about was large and flat. What
I didn’t see was that it was on a mesa! The road to the
ranch was a one lane with curves not made for large
horse trailers! There was one turn around spot just
outside the ranch.
We had to get 5
rigs turned around
in a small spot
and headed down.
Everyone got safely
off the hill and it was
the first and last time
I don’t drive to the
campsite first.
Laurel from the ranch
didn’t realize the
room required for
our rigs. She called
the YMCA Triangle
Y Ranch. They
welcomed us with open arms and quickly opened the
gates for us. We were given the whole barn area to use
with large turnouts for each horse. They even put a
large sign out at the entrance so no one else would go
up that road.
This is where I have to give a shout out to the people
at the YMCA Triangle Y Ranch for their gracious
hospitality. After getting settled we went for a walk
looking at the huge facility and found the lady, Kim
Wilson, who was responsible for coming to our rescue
and opening the camp to us. The facility and their
hospitality so impressed us that we made reservations
to come back. We will be holding our 2015 catered
fundraiser ride for the Arizona Trail there. For those of
you marking your calendar for this fun event it will be
March L