White Pines Ranch offers an All Fun, No Work weekend for youth groups of all types from September thru June. Scout troops, campfire groups, church youth groups, park districts - ANY organized youth group.

A typical weekend for your troop would be very much like this . . . After check-in on Friday evening (between 5pm and 7pm) your group will sit down to a short orientation meeting and a real ranch supper. Then, down to the barn for an introduction to horsemanship by one of our ranchhands. (this instruction session is for safety purposes and is required attendance for everyone.) Next, a good old-fashioned tractor-drawn hayride followed by some free time for the youngsters to purchase souvenirs or play in the game room. Bedtime each night is at 10pm with lights out and quiet by 11pm. Please bring your own sleeping bag, towels and all bathroom articles. (pillows are provided.)

Saturday's activities will be scheduled for your group and starts with a hearty breakfast around 8am. There will be one or two horseback rides on Saturday, swimming in season, a nature hike, fossil hunting, working on Horse Lover and Horse Rider badges and many other activities for the girls and boys to enjoy. On Saturday evening, there will be country line dancing, Bingo, another hayride, and campfire songs around the bonfire. Sunday morning will be spent going on another ride (if you didn't have two rides on Saturday), swimming, hiking, packing and cleaning up the dorm. After a wholesome Sunday brunch and activities it will be time to load up your gear and a bunch of tired scouts and head for home. You can plan on a departure time of 12:00 or 12:30.

In winter instead of swimming we go cross-country skiing, tubing down the snow-covered hills and, of course, we ride horses all winter long.

Lodging is provided in our carpeted and electrically heated dormatories. Our dorms are complete with bunkbeds and adjoining bathrooms with individual stall showers and flush toilets.

All this for a very low price! Our charges are as follows:

Make your reservation today for this different and exciting weekend. Complete and print out the reservation form, then mail it with your deposit. Pick up a video at your Girl Scout council office. We'd be glad to show you what dude ranching is all about.