Cary Grant at a Dude Ranch

This story is about Vince and Marie Marsali and how they came to meet the actor Cary Grant. One summer, Vince Marsali and his wife Marie made the decision that they would take their summer vacation at a dude ranch. They felt that it would be fun, not only for themselves but for their two daughters, Ann and Terri. Vince looked through a number of travel magazines, trying to find a dude ranch with a reasonable cost and something interesting to offer for that one-week stay. He found a ranch that was located in the mountains north of Denver, Colorado. During the winter months it was a ski resort, and during the summer months it was a dude ranch where people could stay for a week and go horseback riding and river rafting down the Colorado River. This started their adventures into staying at dude ranches, experiencing not only their first stay at this one in Colorado, but also a number of dude ranches in the following three years.