RIM ROCK PHOTO ADVENTURE!
Join us for a weekend of photo opportunities here at the Miller Ranch!
Founded in 1925, the CE Miller Ranch is a family-owned and operated ranch located 10 miles west of Valentine, Texas, at the base of the Sierra Vieja Mountains in the Chihuahuan Desert. Enjoy our gorgeous dark skies for amazing night photography!
Rim Rock Photo Adventure Class Info
TBA 2020 (Friday noon-Sunday noon): $1,100
A $350 deposit is required to reserve your spot. Deposits are nonrefundable, but if you cannot attend, your deposit will be applied to the next Rim Rock Photo Adventure. Deposits are due July 1st.
Classes are limited to 10 participants. A fee will be charged for non-photographers.
Sleeping Arrangements
On the ranch there are two bunk houses that can sleep 3 people each. You can also bring a travel trailer or roll out your bedroll under the stars. Valentine is about 30 minutes away (depending on the 10 miles of dirt road) and has several options:
Desert View RV Park:
Love Shaks Boutique RVs:
- Cozy Cowboy Camper (sleeps 2)
- Love Shak’s Lazy Daisy (sleeps 4)
Fort Davis and Marfa are about an hour away from the ranch, and have wonderful hotels available.
Meals
Bill and Jill Miller, with Cocineros de Fuego y Fierro, will be catering for the Rim Rock Photo Adventure. For the last 25 years, they have catered ranch works, horse clinics, weddings and parties from Wyoming to Texas.
* Please let us know about any food allergies or special diets.
Some planned activities:
- We will have the chuckwagon and tipi set up for night photography and sunrise/sunset shots.
- We will go to the Rim one evening for amazing sunset shots. The Davis Mountains are to the east and west/southwest is Mexico, the Sierra de Los Pilares and beautiful layers of mountains.
- Saturday, we will take time to visit the historic Camp Holland in the daytime and plan our night photography and light painting of the historic stone buildings. The army built Camp Holland in response to banditry along the borderlands during the Mexican Revolution. Most days, three fifty-mule pack trains left Camp Holland and made a round trip to supply five army camps along the Rio Grande.
Wildlife Photo Opportunities
Wildlife on the CE Miller Ranch:
- Golden Eagles
- Several types of hawks
- Greater Roadrunners
- Quail
- Scaled
- Gambel’s
- Montezuma
- Burrowing Owls
- Turkey Vultures
- Pronghorn
- Mule Deer
- Aoudad
- Javelina
- Grey Foxes
- Bobcats
- Mountain Lions
In “Jody’s Oasis”, at headquarters and in ZH Canyon, one might find several kinds of hummingbirds, warblers, grosbeaks, sparrows, buntings, flycatchers and more. We host several tours for the Fort Davis Hummingbird Festival every year and have hosted Texas Ornithological tours also.
Cattle and Horse photo Opportunities
The CE Miller Ranch also has very photogenic Angus and Hereford cattle and Quarter horses!