Rancho de la Osa (includes lunch) - Wednesday 11/19/2025

Rancho de la Osa (includes lunch) --

Wednesday 11/19/2025

Cost: $25

NOTE -- IMPORTANT CHANGES:

Be sure to have your GVR card with you for each and every field trip. Without it, you won't be allowed to go on the trip. No refunds will be granted for failure to comply with this requirement.  To protect GVR and club member benefits, GVR has implemented a new process that requires each field trip participant to come into the club and scan his/her GVR card to confirm eligibility. We no longer have the option of typing in your name or GVR number – only the physical GVR card will do.

We will no longer meet in the parking lot. We will meet in the GVR Photography Club where you will scan your GVR card confirming your eligibility to go on the trip. We’ll also review important/late-breaking information, pair up drivers and riders, provide driving directions, and give participants a chance to visit the restrooms prior to departure. Again, be sure to have your GVR card with you.

Prior to arriving at Rancho de La Osa, we will venture to the Sasabe Border Port of Entry. The U. S. Customs and Border Protection Supervisor will provide some information about the port of entry and the border wall. There are great photo opportunities for photos of the wall.

From there we stop at the Sasabe General Store for refreshments. Deborah, the fourth-generation owner, will open the unique Hill-Top Bar, located at the rear of the store. It is a uniquely designed bar with great photo opportunities.

Then we will proceed to Rancho de las Osa, an historic ranch and sportsman's paradise, situated on 590 acres and surrounded by an additional 120,000 acres of the Buenos Aires Wildlife Refuge in Sasabe, AZ. It is really a true and historic place made up of luxurious adobe guest rooms, Mexican antiques and vintage furniture and a perfect location for horseback riding, wildlife photography and more.

A long list of historical people stayed here; John Wayne (guest room 10), Margaret Mitchell (author of Gone with the Wind), Poncho Villa, and several US presidents. On April 3,1948, President Truman signed the Economic Recovery Act of 1948. It became known as the Marshall Plan, named for Secretary of State George Marshall, who in 1947 proposed that the United States provide economic assistance to restore the economic infrastructure of postwar Europe.  You may fall in love and want to come back to stay or maybe have a reunion at the ranch. 

It is highly recommended to wear comfortable walking shoes, a hat and bottled water.

Lunch will be a buffet of assorted items. Please inform the Danny no later than November 14th if there are dietary restrictions. A cash bar is available prior to lunch. 

Additional information at ranchodelaosa.com

Meet at the Photography Club at 8:00 AM for carpooling, departure at 8:15. Please wear your GVR Photography Club or Camera Club badge if you have one. For those carpooling, $15.00 is an appropriate contribution to the driver. 

GVR requires that every person participating in club's field trips sign a one-time waiver absolving GVR of any liability.  You will be required to sign the waiver at the Photography Club before the trip departs if you haven’t signed one.

Danny Valenzuela will be our trip leader.  Contact Danny at 602-568-5759 or email at dvsundevil@gmail.com if you have any questions.

If you need to cancel, please contact the Field Trip Co-Chair Lynn Rozema at 719-351-5193 or email at lrozema51@gmail.com.  We have people on the wait list to take your place.  

No refunds after November 12, 2025.

Notice:  

All participants need to be responsible for an assessment of their mobility and health issues relating to field trips. Certain portions of this trip may not be appropriate, but you must make that determination. However, the trip leader may deny participation in a specific field trip to anyone deemed not suitably prepared or able to walk with the group.

The club strives to provide several field trips specifically designed for members with physical limitations. 

In order to participate in this event, you must be a member of the GVR Photography Club and GVR.