Donald Gansberger

Review of Paicines Ranch

I exist because of this place.

I exist because of this place.

Seriously.

My mom's family tried to buy the ranch in the 1880s. Eventually, her mother and father lived there in the 1940s. They sold their possessions and moved away in the mid-40s, and my dad's family moved in. My dad was probably "made" there, though he was born a few months after his family left there.

My parents would later meet many years later through motorcycle racing and had no idea their parents had met a few times many years earlier (my mom lived in San Jose and my dad in San Juan at the time).

Both sides of my family have been ranchers on that property going back over 100 years.

I haven't found the money yet, but I will. I will own this place someday and keep it the beautiful working ranch it's always meant to be.