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Trailer Trash / Trash Disco - April 19th - Decorate your RV / Tent site for our contest then attend the Trash Disco in the pavilion Saturday night. Come check out all of the lights, listen to the great music and dance the night away . Please remember all decorations need to be taken home with you when you leave at the end of your visit. This event seems to grow in popularity each year and many of our guests now appear dressed in character! It's great fun.

Cinco de Mayo - May 3rd - Join the fun at Rainbow Ranch to celebrate Cinco de Mayo at our Mexican Fiesta. Decorate your campsite Mexican style and be sure to bring your sombrero. If you don't have a sombrero then wear your best Kentucky Derby hat as we will be celebrating both events this weekend. Make your favorite Mexican dish and bring it to the potluck at the Mexican Fiesta site. We will have our traditional piñata full of goodies hanging for the party goers to crack open. There are prizes inside for kids of ALL ages. This weekend will also mark the 12th anniversary of Rainbow Ranch opening it's gates!

Bear Round Up - May 16th - 18th - Grab your friends and come on down to Rainbow Ranch for the 2nd Annual Bear Round Up at Rainbow Ranch. We will have a weekend full of great food and fun so be sure and book your reservations now and come down early. Be sure to grab your list of events when you check in the office so you don't miss any of the activities. Friday night we will kick everything off at 8:00 PM with our kegger meet and greet sponsored by our own bears of the ranch, Mark and Brian.

Memorial Day Weekend / Show - May 23rd - 25th - This year marks the 10th Anniversary of the Rainbow Ranch Memorial Day Drag Show! Come and join us for all of the fun! This show is always a spectacular event. The show will be on Saturday night followed by our Memorial Day BBQ Potluck on Sunday afternoon. For those of you planning on being a part of the show, please note all entries need to be submitted to info@rainbowranch.net no later than the end of April (THIS MONTH!). To give everyone an opportunity to perform, each performer will be limited to two numbers (group or individual). Be sure to bring everything you will need (outfit, wig, CD of music, and any special props).

Last year our team ranked second place! In 2008 we want to shoot for #1! To reach this goal, we need your help! Only through your generosity and by spreading the word is this goal going to be possible.

AIDS Arms, Inc. is the beneficiary of the 2008 Life Walk. Their purpose is to assist individuals in accessing the healthcare, resources and support necessary to successfully manage the challenges of living with HIV/AIDS.

As an incentive to participate and as an expression of our gratitude for your past support, we are again going to schedule some great fundraising events at the ranch throughout the year.

As each year passes, we continue to grow in our personal and professional lives, and we make decisions that guide us in the directions our lives take. Over the past three years the ranch has experienced a tremendous amount of growth. Your part in this is not lost with us. Our ranch family consists of many men and women, couples and singles, RV'rs and tenters, and permanent and weekend campers. A few of our family members live with HIV / AIDS every day. Be it through a partner, an extended family member, coworker, friend, customer, or even they themselves, they are forced to confront this virus on a daily basis.

In appreciation for our continuing growth, we want to further expand our efforts to give back to the communities who have given so much to us. In the past years we have supported several nonprofits by donating free weekends for their silent auctions or to be used as give- a-ways/door prizes. This is a practice we will continue for what we hope will be many years to come. But we want to do more.

For every $25 donated through this page www.firstgiving.com/rainbowranchcampground by one of our permanent campers, their name will be entered into a drawing for 1 month of free rent.

We believe in being fair to ALL of our campers so we have an incentive for our non- permanent campers as well. For each $25 donated through this same page we will enter the donors name into a drawing to win a free weekend stay in one of our cabins!

For anyone who chooses to join our team by creating their own page and successfully raises at least $100 or donates through our page www.firstgiving.com/rainbowranchcampground at least $100, we will enter the donors name into a drawing to win a free weekend stay in the newest addition to the ranch's list of accommodations, the large house rental. This house can sleep up to 15 people and offers the perfect accommodations for groups of all sizes.

As we mentioned in our last newsletter, we are pleased to announce the very anticipated opening of the latest 50 RV sites! Many of you have been eagerly waiting for these sites to open and to you we say.... "Come on down!" With the many expansions we have had over the past 3 years such as the purchase of adjoining property which included a four bedroom house available for rent to our campers, the installation of a 100 ft. pier, completion of the rental cabins, the addition of our pavilion with many amenities, we are just as excited about this expansion as we have been with all of the others. This latest expansion allows us to accommodate many more of our guests and helps minimize the waiting list for several of our events.

With the forecast of gas rising above $4 a gallon, a number of people realize the cost savings of leaving their RV's here at the ranch thus saving them both time and money. So come visit us and experience for yourself all of the changes and keep in mind... "we are only getting started!" We hope to see you all very soon and again thank you for allowing us the opportunity to serve you.

St. Patrick's Day Weekend - The luck of the Irish surely was shinin' on de ol' ranch this St. Patrick's weekend. The ranch hosted a meet and greet Friday night with some delicious green beer. We sure are glad the beer companies started selling it again as St. Patrick's Day just wouldn't be the same without our green beer party. Saturday afternoon, we had a pot-luck dinner and celebrated the night away with fun, games, more beer, and camaraderie throughout the evening. For those who joined us this year, thanks for making it such a fun weekend.

Easter Celebration / LIVE BAND! - Is it just me or is this year already flying by? It seems as though it was just yesterday that we had the one and only Laurel (and band) grace our stage for our Easter celebration. Many of our campers opted to listen to the music from their own sites, but for those who wandered on down to the stage they got to see the "real" show as the band really worked the crowd. Saturday afternoon we had our Annual Easter Bonnet contest and pooch parade. This years competition was really fierce and we had a number of people bring their four legged friends along. Congratulations to all of our winners this year. A special congratulations to Shirley who won her 3rd year in a row! She really knows how to wow our judges over the past years with her candy bonnet, jello shot bonnet, and with this year's bonnet being an edible cake! She won $100 for first prize!

Toga Party / Survivor Challenge Weekend - Always looking to make your time here at the ranch even more enjoyable, we combined two of our great events into one action packed weekend! Saturday started off as we divided our Survivor participants into two teams. We played numerous kooky and quirky games throughout the afternoon. It was a close race, but in the end the Blue Team nudged out the red. Of course, only one person can win, and Leslie rose to the occasion and became the overall Survivor Champaign of 2008. Later Saturday evening everyone donned their best linens and came to the Annual Toga Party. We had a large a number of people from Austin, Houston, and DFW that participated in the evening's events. There were many elaborate and / or beautiful togas on display and we would like to thank everyone who participated and helped make this such a great weekend for us all.

If you want to be a part of the ranch team, now is your chance. We currently have positions available and we are accepting applications. Some of these jobs are perfect for the "work/campers" out there while others are full time. Check out our website for more details.

If you have not visited website lately you really should. We have a sizeable inventory of RV's listed for sale and many of the prices have recently been reduced. If you are in the market for a RV, check out our website to see what our campers have for sale. Rainbow Ranch of Texas, LLC is NOT participating in the sale of these RV's in any way. Rainbow Ranch will only provide contact information to the owner of the RV's. The sale of these RV's is a transaction between the buyer and owner/seller only. Photos and other information presented on the site are provided by the owner/seller. Buyer should verify facts prior to sale and NOT rely on information contained therein.

HIGH SPEED WIRELESS NOW AVAILABLE!!! Don't forget that we now are offering internet access for those of you who still need to stay in touch while you are away. Though Rainbow Ranch is the premier place to get away from your day- to-day routine, we realize many of you still need to be in contact with your office, family and friends. We hope this new addition to the ranch will allow you even more freedom to come and see what makes Rainbow Ranch such a great get-a-way.