At 7 a.m. on a typical Monday morning, I’m usually madly packing my kindergartner’s lunch and slamming down some coffee. But on this particular day, my decision making is centered around something ...

Just a few tamarisk trees in a field of sagebrush today hint where a most unusual dude ranch once prospered at Dale Evans Parkway and Waalew Road in Apple Valley. This ranch by all standards was not ...