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WHAT’S HAPPENING
AT WILLOWRUN ?


Fishing is Great This Year
The Northfork River has always been healthy, but the fishing is unusually good this year. We have five good holes where native brown...
Aug 22, 20241 min read


A Rainbow Blessing
We get rainbows all the time at Willowrun, but they had always appeared on the distant horizon - at the end of our river valley. ...
Aug 14, 20241 min read


Roses and Wildflowers
If you love gardens and flowers, you have BOTH on Willowrun. Sararose's stunning garden in and around her cabin, and acres upon acre of...
Jul 24, 20241 min read


Amazing Skys
At Willowrun, you will experience the most beautiful skies you will ever see—every day a new and different canvas. At night you get the...
Jul 24, 20241 min read


Up Top at Willowrun
I've been getting questions about that portion of Willowrun above the river valley pasture were most of the photos in this website have...
Jun 19, 20241 min read


Sararose's Garden in Full Bloom
One of the many amenities that makes Willowrun special is the amazing xeriscape gardens that Sararose has lovingly created. Amid the many...
Jun 12, 20241 min read


River is Flowing Strong
Thanks to a big spring snow and rain to follow, the river at Willowrun is running wide and swift. You can feel the river's energy when...
May 24, 20241 min read


Another Sunset at Willowrun
As I sat on the porch of the View Cabin at the end of the day as I often do, I looked at the sunset and realized that I have come to take...
May 19, 20241 min read


The Blue Heron are Back
Every spring the blue heron make Willowrun and vicinity their home and nesting ground. Their huge rest in the lower or middle branches of...
Apr 17, 20241 min read


Elk Herd Visiting Willowrun
Ah spring! The mountains nearby are still covered in snow so the elk must come down to graze. You can’t tell from this quick shot I was...
Mar 31, 20241 min read


About us...
Sararose purchased this riverfront property in 1993 – three years before we met. She spent many a day in a small camper before we built...
Mar 14, 20241 min read


River on the river
There's a new member of the Willowrun family, a Australian Cattle Dog mix we adopted recently. Appropriately enough, her birth name was...
Feb 16, 20241 min read


Water Play at Willowrun
Long leisurely afternoons in the gazebo on the river wouldn't be complete with a little "water-fetch" with four-legged family members. You...
Aug 22, 20231 min read


North Fork River Rolling
The North Fork of the Purgatiore winding through Willowrun is flowing fast and deep at the moment thanks for a good snow-pack and healthy...
Jul 30, 20231 min read


Dazzling Wildflowers
An amazing wildflower season this spring – so many varieties. The delicate pink Mountain Roses are especially abundant. Eventually hope...
Jul 30, 20231 min read
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