Welcome to our world of riding with kids for the past 16 years at the Ranch . We are Eric and Annelise Turner, owners and Director of Iron Horse Country Ranch.
What started as a way to get our children outside playing, led us later in life to open a Motocross Summer Camp
Our life experiences, passions and backgrounds led us to the concept of this camp and to its opening in 2008. In search of safety for the sport I became a Motorcycle Safety Foundation Instructor (MSF), a totally different world then my computer geek life, while my wife, Annelise, holds a Masters Degree in Social Work, Child & Family Specialty. We both had good businesses and left it all for the ranch. We could not be happier, but it’s a lot of work! We are proud parents of two now grown daughters who were our original “Junior Counselors”. To this day, they both talk about how participating in summer camp life at Iron Horse has helped them in their adult lives with self-confidence, social skills and a strong work ethic.
At Iron Horse Country Ranch Motocross Summer Camp we provide a good, old-fashioned, real summer camp experience for kids. Our campers learn how to ride off-road motorcycles – known more commonly as “dirt bikes” – in part as a way to teach them an exciting skill they will keep for life, but mostly as a way to get them into the great outdoors doing something active and fun with other kids.
The way we do this is through our Motocross Summer Camp program for kids ages 8-13 years. We grew from being a day camp only in 2008 into transitioning as an overnight (sleep away) camp. Our camp sessions are one week long each, Monday through Friday. Boys and girls have separate sleeping quarters. Camp size is small – less than 24 kids each week. We maintain a high level of supervision throughout all weeks thereby creating a structured and safe way to learn how to ride and have fun.
We hire adult coaches/counselors over the age of 21 to help lead instruction. Our junior coaching staff, ages 16-18, work as our life-guards and assist our lead adult coaches throughout the day. Together, we form a team that covers all the bases in providing a fun and life-affirming experience for our campers.
Where We Are
Our physical location is 9100 East FM 243, Bertram, Texas 78605. We are on a real ranch setting with 100 acres of beautifully rolling, wooded terrain nestled in the iconic Texas Hill Country. The Ranch includes cows, chickens, a horse named Bella, and two barn cats named Indie and Harley (of course!), fully vaccinated. We are 30 minutes from North Austin, 25 minutes from Georgetown, and 20 minutes or less from Cedar Park, Leander, Liberty Hill and Burnet, Texas. For GPS: “9100 E. FM 243, Bertram, Texas 78605”. (Note: PLEASE DO NOT just enter our name as it takes people to an incorrect location near Liberty Hill.
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