Del and Sandy Tinsley say that they decided to purchase the old and vacated El Rancho Village because it was for sale.
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WHEATLAND – Del and Sandy Tinsley say that they decided to purchase the old and vacated El Rancho Village because it was for sale. They also say that they’d buy another one if they could have, Wes and Diana Harriman manage it for them.
The Tinsley’s who now own the RV park put an ad out to the RV community that they needed someone to refurbish and manage an old park that they had just purchased. The Harriman’s who were RVing in Colorado saw the ad and decided to come to Wyoming to check out the area, the park and the job.
Both couples believe it was fate that brought them together. Four people who just a year ago didn’t know each other, found themselves kindred couples and the four are as if they have known each other all their lives.
El Rancho Village located just north of the Dwyer Junction rest area off I-25, exit 94 has an official address of 26 Fishcreek Road. The park has been empty for two years, but it took a visionary like Del Tinsley to look at the location and realize that it was a great place to have a business.
The park has great views of Laramie Peak, is close to some of the best Walleye fishing in the state at Glendo State Park and Gray Rocks Reservoir. As well as there is great boating at these reservoirs including Guernsey Lake and the Wheatland Reservoir. All within 15 miles from the park and open to the public. Shopping in Wheatland is 15 miles to the south and Douglas to the north. This park is on the preferred route to get to Yellowstone and the Tetons. It is also an hour from the metropolis of Cheyenne to the south, Scottsbluff, Neb. to the east and Casper to the north.
The wildlife is also spectacular whether you want to see antelope in large herds, elk and deer meandering among the pines on Laramie Peak or black bears that make their home in the eastern edge of the Medicine Bow National Forest – all just a 20-minute jaunt up the mountain to the west.
“We had a bear killed out here on the highway,” Sandy Tinsley said. “We also had a herd of about 200 elk right here in our neighbor’s backyard.”