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For those in your group looking to get some exercise, try snowshoeing. The kids in the family can spend some time at the sledding and tubing hill, flying down the snow and racing back up to the top to do it all over again. If it gets too cold outside, you can take the fun inside and splash around in the pool or test your skills on the indoor climbing wall.
The Estes Park Center offers many of the same activities as Snow Mountain Ranch, as well as some of its own unique options. The fitness junkies in the group can relax and unwind during a therapeutic yoga session in the fresh mountain air; while the history buffs explore the Dorsey Museum , housed in a guest lodge with period room settings and rotating exhibits showcasing the history of the YMCA, Rocky Mountain National Park and more.
The Estes Park Center hosts Summerfest , offering free concerts featuring artists from all over.
If your reunion is staying in lodge rooms, you will be enrolled in either an American Meal Plan that includes breakfast, lunch and dinner, or a Modified American Plan that includes just breakfast and dinner. Some units are pet friendly. The fitness junkies in the group can relax and unwind during a therapeutic yoga session in the fresh mountain air; while the history buffs explore the Dorsey Museum , housed in a guest lodge with period room settings and rotating exhibits showcasing the history of the YMCA, Rocky Mountain National Park and more. Most average 30 to Whether you host your reunion at YMCA of the Rockies in the winter or summer, you will have plenty of activities to choose from, your family will never get bored. Families flying in from out of state can rent a car and drive about two-and-a-half hours to arrive at the ranch, or they can arrange transportation from the airport on a shuttle.
Whether you host your reunion at YMCA of the Rockies in the winter or summer, you will have plenty of activities to choose from, your family will never get bored. YMCA of the Rockies offers family reunions a multitude of dining options.
If your reunion is staying in lodge rooms, you will be enrolled in either an American Meal Plan that includes breakfast, lunch and dinner, or a Modified American Plan that includes just breakfast and dinner. Your family will dine on everything from sausage and green chili scrambles and French toast to baked trout with lemon amandine sauce and orechetti pasta with tomato basil sauce.
Throughout the day, your crew can stop in to the main dining room and enjoy an all-you-can-eat-buffet—at YMCA of the Rockies, families will never go hungry. For families that choose to stay in the large Retreat cabins, a la carte meals from the buffet are available to order, or you can stop into the specialty cafes and grab a meal to go. In the summer months, YMCA of the Rockies offers summer cookouts in their pavilions, where your family can munch on delicious barbecue while enjoying the gorgeous scenery. No one wants any surprises!
There are lots of milestones at our reunion — 25 th and 35 th anniversaries; 80 th , 70 th , 60 th , 50 th and 30 th birthdays.
One of the grandmothers tried to give the family a quick family history lesson, but, of course, the kids quickly lost interest. Subscribe me to your mailing list. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. By continuing to use this website, you consent to the use of cookies in accordance with our Cookie Policy. The youngest member at the reunion There are teachers and Army officers, business people and newsmen, stay-at-home moms and airline pilots in our group.
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Both sites host more reunions than any other venue in the country, they believe, more than 1, a year. Pets are permitted in some cabins. The staff is unfailingly helpful and friendly.
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There are teachers and Army officers, business people and newsmen, stay-at-home moms and airline pilots in our group. We have family members of many different faiths, ethnicities and political persuasions.
Twenty years ago, when our kids were little, they loved the reunion here — once every four years in our family— for the same reason the young kids in the family do today — so much to do! So many cousins to play and get in trouble with! It was just as hard to corral the kids to sit for the group picture.
The family elders liked nothing better than sitting on the porch visiting. There were jokes and practical jokes.