Meals are much more than food. While you dine at tables with other guests, you'll find time for conversation reviewing the adventures of the day – the new vistas, beautiful forests and wide open spaces, your first time trotting on horseback, new things learned about how cowboys really rope, how your children love the freedom and new-found friends. There are smiles, jokes, and laughter. You might even regale your table with your mighty feats flyfishing for the first time. Meal times provide opportunities to deepen relationships with family and friends.

Our kitchen creates home-made, healthy, tasty, fresh, hearty and wholesome meals for your enjoyment. Many families on vacation are plagued with the decision of when, where, and what to eat three times each day. At Latigo, you don’t have to cook and you don’t have to make any big decisions; this makes it a real vacation for everyone. You'll be outdoors and active several hours each day; meal times enable you to refresh and replenish. Some of you want big hearty meals. Others are looking for lighter fare. Many choose vegetarian options. Our meals offer variety to accommodate those differences. We're not pretentious about our food or its presentation. Although we know that you dine with your eyes before you even take the first bite, we also know that you want ample portions and tasty dishes. You won't be served a ridiculously artistic plate with decoratively swirled colorful sauces that has only a single mouthful of food on it. We meet special dietary needs. We've accommodated those seeking vegetarian, kosher, low carb, or low fat meals, and those with allergies to certain foods.

The evening meal is presented either buffet style or individual plate service, with linens on the tables and the dinner breads and salad dressings are all homemade. Here are some sample dinner menus: 1) Prime rib roast or hallelujah halibut, baked Idaho potatoes with all the fixings, green beans almandine, broccoli cheese rolls, baby spinach salad with kiwi fruit and a raspberry vinaigrette, and mocha torte with heath bar chips for dessert . 2) Rosemary and orange glazed pork tenderloin or medallions of yellow fin tuna with teriyaki, brown basmati rice, steamed fresh asparagus, molasses oat bread, spring mix greens with honey mustard dressing topped with toasted pinion nuts, followed by white chocolate mousse garnished with a bittersweet chocolate Latigo brand. 3) Colorado lamb with fruit chutney or Lost Canyon crusted Rocky Mountain trout, roasted purple potatoes, baked spinach torte, hearty whole wheat sheepherder’s bread, a salad of red leaf lettuce and yellow bell peppers with honey basmati vinaigrette, and orange sour cream pound cake drizzled with raspberry sauce and topped with fresh whipped cream. For you vegetarians, our entrées might include these delectable dishes: black bean tart, spinach and cheese stuffed puff pastry, corn soufflé tomatoes, southwestern lentil salad, and tofu with maple mustard sauce over pasta.

For the kids, this may not exactly be what they have in mind. Although they may always have the same thing as the adults, we find that they often devour things like chicken tenders, mac n’cheese, hot dogs, plain corn or beans, curly fries, plain pasta, or the old standbys of peanut butter and jelly or grilled cheese sandwiches. During a week in the summer you'll also have a lunch cookout, a hayride to a dinner cookout, and horseback ride to breakfast – weather permitting. If you want a snack, there's always fresh fruit, cookies, granola bars, and the like available in the dining room. We put a fresh jar of caramel corn in your cabin each day and restock your supply of soft drinks there. Also, there is a refrigerator in your room where you can keep any snacks or beverages you choose to bring for yourself.