Bar D Wranglers

After a funeral and burial on Saturday, and a funeral and military burial on Sunday afternoon, We celebrated Labor Day by going to the Bar D Chuckwagon which is a fun little western dinner show with the Bar D Wranglers. Mike and I came here on our first trip out to CO but we had never taken the kids.

Train Rides for the kids.....

I had to include this picture because it's so cute of these two! Remember our trip to Mexico back in April? We stayed with Don and Ada del Amott who live here in the summer. Some of their friends from Mexico came up for the week so we went with them to the Bar D. This is Don and Ada....

I thought this next picture was hilarious and shows the real deal when you are TRYING to get your family ready for a picture......HA-ha!!

Now this one is much better.....

Here is Mike and Tab, both of Don's pastors. Tab pastors his church in Puerto Penasco, Mexico. He preached for our church Sunday morning and had a concert Sunday night at our church.

Tab's wife Ellen is in the middle of the picture below, with Jan and Cathy from our church.

Dinner is served outdoors under the gorgeous Colorado sky. I chose the brisket (you can have chicken or steak also) with baked beans, baked potato, biscuit, applesauce and spice cake, served on tin plates. The lemonade served in tin cups is yummy!


The food is OK.....but the entertainment is what is so good!

These musicians are fantastic! They play old western songs like Rawhide, Ghost Rider in the Sky, and Orange Blossom Special. But they also do some really funny songs and the kids LOVED it! With it being the last night of the season, they pretended like it was Bonanza and they were the Cartwrights. It was also considered prank night, so various things happened unexpectedly to them during the songs and they laughed 80% of the show!

It was really a fun night and I regret not taking Mom, and Robby's family there back in June. The show runs from Memorial Day to Labor Day. They always end the show with a medley of God Bless the USA/God Bless America which always makes me tear up as everyone belts out these songs with such pride! If you're ever in Durango, don't miss out on this show!