Your Hosts at Rio Rancho Verde

Howdy, I’m Carmela!  As a  kid in Chicago I grew up asking for a pony for Christmas every year. I was the one in the back of the station wagon on family camping trips, gazing out the window, wishing that was me on the horse loping down a country road.  

50 years later  my dreams have come true at Rio Rancho Verde, a Vacation Equine Boarding Facility & Ranch that my husband Joe and I have spent 30 years building, creating, working and managing.  We started by camping out on the property, dropping rocks where we thought the house should sit, then built a workshop/bunkhouse, barn/stalls and finally, what seemed like years later, the house.  The only thing better than waking up every morning to a view of Four Peaks and being able to live among Arizona's natural beauty is sharing this dream with others. The people we meet are the best part of our journey, everyone brings a new story and a new perspective which constantly reminds us how blessed and grateful we are to live in such an incredibly special, almost spiritual place, surrounded by majestic Saguaros, mountain ranges that glow in the early morning sun, and stars that blanket our dark skies in the evening.  

We hope you can join us and share the experience.