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It is Rankin Family Tradition to have Prime Rib along with our Thanksgiving Turkey.  We hope that you too will enjoy a Rankin Ranch Prime Rib Roast this holiday season.  It doesn’t take much to make a tasty Prime Rib.  Here is our favorite recipe. Rankin Ranch Prime Rib Rankin Beef Prime Rib (size to

Saddle Up for St. Jude this September! Mention “St. Jude” when you make your reservation and we will donate five percent of your stay to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital when you mention “St. Jude” upon booking. We are pleased to be partnering with other ranches to help raise money to support the lifesaving mission

  We are looking forward to having our first ever “Star Party” on Friday, May 15th.  Local astronomers form the Kern River Valley will be bringing their telescopes to the ranch to give us a closer look at the night sky.  The stars are always beautiful at the ranch.  Stay over Friday night or the

We had nearly 200 fantastic entries in our photo contest.  We loved seeing all of your memories from your time at the ranch.  As we expected, it would have been impossible to choose just one favorite photo from each category.  All of our entries were placed in a hat and the lucky winners were drawn

Take a moment to share your favorite ranch memories and win $500!  We hope that you have fond memories of your ranch visits over the past 50 years.  We always enjoy seeing the ranch through your eyes and want to see your favorite photos. In celebration of our 50th guest ranch season we are having

Our family is very excited to be celebrating 50 years of great ranch vacations in 2015.  We are so grateful that my grandmother, Helen Rankin, had the forethought to open her doors to guests in 1965.  My grandfather, Leroy, had passed away just 11 years earlier.  She was busy running our cattle ranch and raising