TOP LEFT: Dulces Grenados of Three Eagles Ranch near Monument introduces the newest addition to the Flying W Ranch, American Milking Devon Oxen, July 9 at the soft opening of the Flying W Ranch’s chuckwagon dinners after the 2012 Waldo Canyon Fire destroyed the Colorado Springs landmark. Reservations for the chuckwagon dinners can be made at flyingw.com.BOTTOM LEFT: Dinner is served outside the new dining hall at smaller stations as Flying W Ranch took precautions because of COVID-19 during the Flying W Ranch’s soft opening, eight years after the Colorado Springs landmark was destroyed in the Waldo Canyon Fire. (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)
The Colorado Springs longtime attraction returns after being destroyed in the 2012 Waldo Canyon fire. The chuckwagon dinners begin Friday, July 10, 2020, and reservations can be made online: www.flyingw.com
Dulces Grenados of Three Eagles Ranch near Monument, Colo., introduces the newest addition to the Flying W Ranch, American Milking Devon Oxen, Thursday, July 9, 2020, during the soft opening of the chuckwagon dinners after the 2012 Waldo Canyon Fire destroyed the Colorado Springs landmark. The chuckwagon dinners begin Friday and reservations can be made online. The Devon Oxen came to the United States from England in the 1600s and were used by a majority of the pioneers to pull their wagons across the American to settle the West. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (CHRISTIAN MURDOCK/THE GAZETTE)Guests enter the new Flying W Ranch Thursday, July 9, 2020, during the soft opening of the chuckwagon dinners. The hard opening is Friday, eight years after the popular Colorado Springs attraction was destroyed in the Waldo Canyon Fire. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (CHRISTIAN MURDOCK/THE GAZETTE)Rich Muegge helps his grandson, Chandler Muegge, 5, cut his chuckwagon dinner Thursday, July 9, 2020, during the Flying W Ranch’s soft opening after being closed since it was destroyed in the 2012 Waldo Canyon Fire. The hard opening is Friday. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (CHRISTIAN MURDOCK/THE GAZETTE)A figure on top of a wagon wears a mask during the soft opening of the Flying W Ranch Thursday, July 9, 2020. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (CHRISTIAN MURDOCK/THE GAZETTE)Guests check out the new inside dining hall at the Flying W Ranch Thursday, July 9, 2020, during the soft opening of the chuckwagon dinners at the Colorado Springs landmark. The ranch was destroyed in the 2012 Waldo Canyon Fire. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (CHRISTIAN MURDOCK/THE GAZETTE)American Milking Devon oxen, the newest addition to the Flying W Ranch, stand in front of the crowd during the soft opening of the Colorado Springs landmark Thursday, July 9, 2020. The chuckwagon dinners open to the public Friday. (CHRISTIAN MURDOCK, THE GAZETTE)Customers line up for dinner with self distancing measures at the Flying W Ranch Thursday, July 9, 2020, during the soft opening of the Chuckwagon dinners. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (CHRISTIAN MURDOCK/THE GAZETTE)Dinner is served outside the new dining hall at smaller stations because of COVID-19 Thursday, July 9, 2020, during the soft opening of the Flying W Ranch’s chuckwagon dinners. The hard opening is Friday, eight years after the Colorado Springs landmark was destroyed in the Waldo Canyon Fire. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (CHRISTIAN MURDOCK/THE GAZETTE)Two of the new American Milking Devon Oxen are introduced to the crowd at the soft opening of the Flying W Ranch Thursday, July 9, 2020. The chuckwagon dinners begin Friday, eight years since the 2012 Waldo Canyon Fire destroyed the Colorado Springs landmark. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (CHRISTIAN MURDOCK/THE GAZETTE)The BBQ dinner at the Flying W Ranch Chuckwagon Dinner Thursday, July 9, 2020, during the soft opening. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (CHRISTIAN MURDOCK/THE GAZETTE)Gabi Pracht, left, Sharon Reed and Austin Reed, 11, take the Flying W Ranch ponies for a walk Thursday, July 9, 2020, during the soft opening of the Colorado Springs attraction that was destroyed in the 2012 Waldo Canyon Fire. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (CHRISTIAN MURDOCK/THE GAZETTE)
