First Full Day of Activities

Up and attem early. Liam and Vincent couldn’t wait to put on their boots and walk around at 6 am!! Following breakfast Liam and Vincent joined the kids program where they feed the goats, donkeys and sheep, play games, ride their horses, do crafts etc, in the mornings and much the same in the afternoons but adding swimming.

John, Luca and I did a lot of standing around waiting for our turn at getting on and riding our horses. While waiting we learned about these horses training and how we will work with them to go forward, backward and turning.  Then we got on the horse, practiced what we learned and went on a very short trail ride.  I didn’t fall off!!

After lunch the three of us took the Horsemanship class led by the owners Cheri and Jerry.  We spent 2 hours in the hot sun learning why horses do what they do and how to make them do what you ask them to do and how to ask them the right way.  It seems I give Cisco some very confusing signals!  The last thing we learned was trotting.  This is hard!  But fun!  They have never had a rider laugh as much as me when trying to trot!  As we dismounted and walked away from the corral John was teased about having the ‘cowboy’ walk.  He could not stand up straight, poor guy!

Cocktails, dinner and a wagon ride rounded off the day.  John and I were exhausted but it was a struggle to get the boys to go to bed!  They are all making new friends!