Mangney/Magni Reunion 2011
Family Reunion
Thursday-Monday
July 7-11 2011
Thursday-Monday
July 7-11 2011
Come to the land of enchantment! The Village of Ruidoso is located approximately 7000 feet above sea level in the Sacramento Mountains in Southern New Mexico in the shadow of Sierra Blanca whose highest point is just shy of 12,000 feet. Ruidoso is in Lincoln County
The climate here is mild with temperatures in the 80’s & cooling to the 50’s every evening and sometimes a little lower. Ruidoso is a resort town and has many attractions for all ages and interests along with all the surrounding area. Weather often includes a little afternoon or evening shower, but they usually don’t last too long and just cool everything off. Wildlife in the area includes elk, black bear, turkey, and plenty of mule deer everywhere. The Chamber of Commerce Website offers information for visitors here: http://www.ruidosonow.com/visitor.aspx
Tentative agenda:
Thursday evening – our first dinner will be at 6PM at Hotel Ruidoso, we will have it catered for ease of everyone who is arriving and we will keep prices under $10 per adult and less for children.
Friday – dinner/show at the Flying J Ranch *see info below
Saturday – enjoy your day and we will have a cook out at Casey’s Cabins at 6 PM
Sunday – another beautiful day in the mountains with dinner at 6 back at Hotel Ruidoso
For those who are staying over through Monday we will not plan a large meal time, but can make plans for those who are still here.
*Please email me and let me know if you have special dietary restrictions
We are here all summer and you are more than welcome to extend your stay before or after!
Getting Here:
For flying we recommend flying into Albuquerque or El Paso and renting a car for the last part. You can fly into Roswell and rent a car, which is only 60 miles from Ruidoso, but it is a smaller airport so you will probably pay more.
For flying we recommend flying into Albuquerque or El Paso and renting a car for the last part. You can fly into Roswell and rent a car, which is only 60 miles from Ruidoso, but it is a smaller airport so you will probably pay more.
Driving from Albuquerque
take I-24 South approximately 83 miles, @ exit 139 380 toward San Antonio/Carrizozo approximately 74 miles, turn right onto Hwy 37 approximately 14 miles, right onto Hwy 48 approximately 9 miles into Ruidoso.
Driving from
Take US 54 toward Alamogordo approximately 80 miles, take US
Driving from Roswell
Go left on W Relief Route Rd. approx. 7 miles, turn left onto US 380 W/US 70 W approx. 67 miles, slight right onto NM 48 N/Sudderth Dr into Ruidoso
Lodging Options: I have rooms/cabins blocked off at 3 locations:
Casey’s Cabins – in Midtown – old style rusitc log cabins some located right along the Rio Ruidoso, historic property, and they are pet friendly. We have the following cabin’s blocked off:
· Cabin 3 – sleeps 4 – one bedroom with queen, sleeper sofa, kitchenette
· Cabin 6 – sleeps 4 – one bedroom with queen, sleeper love seat, roll away bed, & has a fireplace
· Cabin 7 – sleeps 4 – one bedroom with queen, sleeper sofa, full kitchen
· Cabin 13 – sleeps 6 – two bedrooms with queens, two sleeper sofas, full kitchen, & fireplace, with deck overlooking the Rio Ruidoso
Please mention the Mangney Reunion when calling Dean 877-748-3713 caseyscabins@windstream.com view photos here http://www.ruidoso.net/caseys/
Hotel Ruidoso – in Midtown – One of Ruidoso’s newest hotels, a block from Casey’s Cabins. Has an indoor heated pool and hot tub. We have 15 rooms blocked here: 10 standard double queen rooms and 5 king mini-suites. They have a full hot breakfast with your room. Please mention the Mangney Reunion when calling in. 866-734-5197 www.hotelruidoso.net They also own/run the Comfort Inn just across the street which has a pool as well. www.comfortinnruidoso.com We do not have rooms blocked at the Comfort Inn
Pine Springs Inn/Best Western – across from Ruidoso Downs race track – We have 5 rooms here that they have locked in a great rate for. This hotel is on the east edge of town just across from the racetrack and Billy the Kid casino (all slots). They are up on a mesa with a fabulous view of the surrounding peaks. They have an outdoor heated pool and hot tub. This hotel is 4 minutes drive to Midtown. www.bwpinesprings.com Please mention the Mangney Reunion when calling.
There are plenty of additional lodging options. Some others that we recommend are:
Ruidoso River Resort & Inn – newest resort property in Midtown Ruidoso. 1, 2 & 3 bedroom suites with full kitchens – and their rates are amazingly low!
Ruidoso River Resort & Inn – newest resort property in Midtown Ruidoso. 1, 2 & 3 bedroom suites with full kitchens – and their rates are amazingly low!
These rooms are spectacular apartment-style suites. 877-624-2254 www.ruidosoriverresort.com
Upper Canyon Lodges and Cabins:
Dan Dee Cabins – one of Ruidoso originals, offers children’s playground and ping-pong table, studio size to 3 bedroom cabins, + 2 homes, 800-345-4848
Story Book Cabins – offers very nice 1-6 bedroom cabins, some with Jacuzzis and all have private porches, 888-257-2115
Mountain Air Cabins – another Ruidoso original, located deep in the Upper Canyon
Upper Canyon Inn & Cabins – a variety of accommodations including suites, cabins, and private homes, 888-478-4367
Forest Home Cabins – beautiful grounds, 1-3 bedroom rustic cabins, 800-678-7647
Canyon Cabins – cabins can accommodate 2-10 people, older rustic cabins 866-207-0870 (we have stayed here)
Black Bear Lodge – another couples location, 877-257-1459
Ruidoso Lodge Cabins – founded in 1924 and located right on the river, 800-950-2510 (we have stayed here and loved it) they have all been remodeled
Riverside Cottages – just across the river from and owned by Ruidoso Lodge Cabins, 800-497-7402
Inn of the Mountain Gods – Resort and Casino – beautiful resort on Mescalero Lake in the Mescalero Apache Indian Reservation. They are about 10-15 minutes from town up in the mountains. They have a full casino on site with luxury accommodations and an golf course. http://innofthemountaingods.com/
~ Our home is in the Upper Canyon and there are tons of rental lodges, cabins and home there and we highly recommend this area. We will more than likely not plan any meals at our home – we have 40 stairs up and don’t want it to be a problem for anyone, but everyone is welcome to visit our cabin! We’d love to show you around!
Other lodging is available in the form of RV Parks, Motels, Hotels, Cabins, Lodges, Home rentals (good for multiples), camping and more. If you don’t see something here or are interested in RV etc. please call me 325-450-9888 or email me alison@lonestarbartons.com and I can make recommendations.
Activities:
- area attractions:
*Flying J Ranch - www.flyingjranch.com We have pony rides for kids, an "old west town" with gift shops, a pistol range, gold panning, a great cowboy dinner featuring the Flying J's beef and chicken, potato, cowboy beans, biscuits, spicecake, chunky applesauce, coffee, tea and lemonade. After dinner we perform a Western Stage Show featuring the Flying J Wranglers! The Wranglers are comprised of Cindy Hobbs - National Champion Yodeler, James Hobbs - singer songwriter (Best known for "The Song for New Mexico") and his incredible tenor voice and rhythm guitar, Randy Jones is a multi instrumentalist and plays lead and rhythm guitar, mandolin, banjo and sings baritone, Roy Black plays bass guitar and also sings baritone and the bass parts, and Corinna Ripple plays the fiddle and sings. We provide a great family show with songs from the old west, the singing cowboy, mixed with comedy and cowboy humor
What's for dinner? The Flying J Chuckwagon dinner includes your choice of beef or chicken with a special Flying J sauce (also available without sauce), beans, potato, chunky applesauce, biscuit, butter, jelly, spice cake, coffee, tea, lemonade. Nobody goes away hungry at the Flying J. We serve extra helpings, especially our biscuits, until the food is gone!
The Flying J Ranch experience costs---$24 for adults (13 and up), $14 for children 4-thru-12, Children up through the age of 3 are free. Price includes meal, show, tax and there is no gratuity expected.
The Flying J Ranch experience costs---$24 for adults (13 and up), $14 for children 4-thru-12, Children up through the age of 3 are free. Price includes meal, show, tax and there is no gratuity expected.
Shopping in Midtown Ruidoso http://ruidosonow.com/webcam/
Ruidoso Downs Race Track – offers live quarter horse & thoroughbred racing Thursday-Sunday afternoons
3 Casinos - Billy the Kid Casino located at the Racetrack offers slots only; Casino Apache located just outside of Ruidoso; Inn of the Mountain Gods located on the Mescalero Apache Reservation
Lakes for fishing – kayaking is allowed on one small lake, but there are no rentals around here
Horse back trail rides from 30 minutes to an hour or more for all skill levels – two locations listed here:
Grindstone Stables – 1 hour guided $24/person 575-257-2241
Elite Outfitters – 2 hour, half-day, full-day guided rides 8 yrs & up 575-354-1299 res. req. http://www.eliteoutfitters.com/trail_rides.htm
Elite Outfitters – 2 hour, half-day, full-day guided rides 8 yrs & up 575-354-1299 res. req. http://www.eliteoutfitters.com/trail_rides.htm
Inn of the Mountain Gods offers paddle boat rentals on Mescalero Lake and horse riding adventures
The Old Mill – Ruidoso’s oldest building - a working flour mill run by water http://www.fs.fed.us/r3/about/history/lin/pages/lin012_jpg.htm
Ruidoso River Museum – http://ruidosorivermuseum.com/
Tularosa Vinyards – vineyard and winery http://www.tularosavineyards.com/
Loads of Art Galleries in Ruidoso and the surrounding areas
Monjeau Fire Look Out Tower, built in 1940 by the CCC for Lincoln National Forrest - short drive up the mountain with a very short hike/climb up the rock stairs http://www.fs.fed.us/r3/about/history/lin/pages/lin048_jpg.htm
Hubbard Museum of the American West http://www.hubbardmuseum.org/
Heart of the Desert Pistachios & Wines – Eagle Ranch www.heartofthedesert.com
D-Lazy-2 – carriage rides through mid-town shopping/historical district
Hikes for all skill levels in the Lincoln National Forrest and White Mountain Wilderness
- specifically for children:
Funtrackers – offers Funtrack go-carts, Turtle Track go-carts, Protrack go-carts, Miniature Golf, Mountain Maze, Bumper Boats, Panning for Gemstones, Rock Climbing Wall, Extreme Air, and Bounce House
D-Lazy-2 Kid’s Corral – pony rides on a hot-walker (tethered), and offers carriage rides through town
7 golf courses + one in Cloudcroft which has the highest altitude in the southernmost location in the US
- Locations within 1 hour or less:
Lincoln, NM – Billy the Kid State & National Historic Sites – 16 monument buildings and 6 museums
Ft. Stanton Military Outpost and Merchant Marine Cemetery –
White Sands National Monument – hiking, sand sledding, museum and 300 sq. miles of sand!
Smokey Bear Historic Park & Museum – Capitan, NM
Grand Quivera National Monument – vacated Indian dwellings from early 1600’s
White Oaks Mining Ghost Town – museum, school house and No Scum Allowed Saloon (used in the movie Young Guns)
Sunspot Solar Observatory – guided tours south of Cloudcroft (just over an hour)
Historic stage coach rides – Lincoln County Overland Stage Company 575-653-4954
3 Rivers Petroglyph Park – a little more than an hour on the West side of the Sacramento Range
Cloudcroft, NM – shopping, sights, hiking Chamber site
Carrizozo, NM —Valley of Fires State Park
Alamogordo – White Sands National Monument
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