El Rancho Trading Post About Us

El Rancho Trading Post
The Gift Shop of the Rockies

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About Us

The El Rancho Gift shop has been in the family for the past 22 years (since 1986). Cam developed and built the business with the help of her daughter Ché Rippinger for the first 12 years. Then Cam and Ché owned Nature's Garden Health Food Store in nearby Bergen Park. Now the mother and daughter team of Cam and Ché have returned to the helm of the El Rancho Trading Post. And it's better than ever!

About Cam Goodman:

Cam is a naturally dynamic and effervescent Evergreen community business person. She's active with the local Rotary Club and is one of a handful of 20 year Religious Science Practitioners with Mile Hi Church. She was also the first licensed female bow hunter for big horn sheep in Colorado. A certified clinical herbalist, reiki healer and counselor, she's amazingly knowledgeable in many Native American customs and cultural ways. She is also a lively speaker, teacher and even performed a recent local wedding. Cam is the mastermind and miracle worker behind the resurgent blonde duo's return to retail.

cam@elranchotrading.com

About Ché Rippinger:

Ché is a relationship humorist. She's been a cartoonist for over 17 years and a humor columnist as well. Her work has appeared in PLAYGIRL Magazine and The Denver Post, and many other media outlets. She is also the past president of the Colorado Alliance of Illustrators, as well as their current PR chairperson. And she's served as a Denver Press Club board member and is on the PR committee there as well. She's also Cam's daughter (the older of the "oh, you two must be sisters" team) and the PR/Marketing/Web Master and one of the local artist suppliers for the El Rancho Trading Post store.

che@elranchotrading.com

Pssst...Need/Want/Have to know more???
cCheck out the Artist Q&A Page with FAQ's and witty self interview.
And if Googling wasn't enough...check out:
cThe humor writing and illustration of Dating And Hand Grenades: Behind the Romantic Red Curtain
cTouchetoon.com's Meet The Artist)
cAnd of course, everyone's gotta have a MySpace page, right?!
(in case your brain is now fried with TMI...you are here: El Rancho Trading Post, gift shop of the Rockies About Us page (with biz partner Mom)

Most times, you'll get to meet one of the main parts of the mother/daughter ERTP duo. Occasionally, though, Cam and Che' like to have a life. Or perhaps show up at the same event, at the same time, together (or tend to a big or small emergency). In those cases, there's a local backup team with great personalities and individual strengths. Please, say "hi" if you get the pleasure of meeting them.
Michael McGrath	Michael is an artist and unique creator. Hailing from the Colorado Alliance of Illustrators, Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design, and Kittredge (a nearby local town), you might see him sporting a kilt, or crafting a spectacular display.
Stephanie McGrath	As you might tell by her namesake, she is the lovely 1/2 of the married McGraths. As an accomplished wedding photographer, she is busy with brides and the like, all over the metro area.
Heidi Reynolds	Heidi is our newest member and zips in from the next exit down from El Rancho. This busy mom of 3 is used to multitasking, with eyes in the back of her head!