• We offer customized mini-retreats, Marriage Encounter weekends, trail rides, fossil digs, educational tours, or just ask!
  • Ranch owners, George and Elaine Work are national award winners for environmental stewardship and offer their expertise to those wanting to learn more about land stewardship.
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"Devoted to connecting people to the rural way of life."
Family owned and operated in San Miguel, California since 1880.

"What our guests tell us!"

Thank you for sharing the magic of your home and family.
-Barbara

What a great vacation. It felt more like being home than I have felt in years. We will be back.
-Donna, Seattle, Washington

The time spent there and with you all changed my whole perspective of life.
-Raelyn

You don’t just offer your guests a place to stay, you slice your life style open and ever so graciously allow your guests to step inside and feel what it’s like to live on the Work Ranch.
-Richard and Mary

Many thanks for a great ride. We were so pleased to learn about the country and about our trusty steeds. We appreciate the opportunity to visit this paradise.
-Eveete and Matt, New Hampshire
Photo of baby barn owls
A brood of baby barn owls on the Work Ranch
George & Elaine Work - 75903 Ranchita Canyon Road - San Miguel, CA  93451
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