Jimmy Harrison cowboy hats from Darby, Montana. Photo © Nancy D. Brown What Your Cowboy Hat Says About You It's been said that cowboys know how to tell where a fellow cowboy hails from by the shape of his hat and the rope on his saddle. I'm no expert on the [...]
Riding on Tullan Strand in Ireland. Photo © Nancy D. Brown A horseback riding vacation in County Donegal, along the Wild Atlantic Way, is an experience that will delight the heart of every equestrian. Beach riding in California is dying due to high insurance premiums forced on public riding stables and the closures [...]
Few horseback rides are as memorable as those along the shores of the ocean's crashing waves. Assateague Island National Seashore, home of the “wild” ponies, fits this experience exactly. Horseback riding on Maryland’s Atlantic coast, just south of the resort town of Ocean City, Assateague offers an almost endless, wide sandy beach that invites [...]
High Lonesome Ranch wranglers gather round the campfire after a horseback riding vacation in De Beque, Colorado With phrases such as "we're going to jingle" and "out to pasture," we're not talking about coins in your pockets or retirement days. Jingle means rounding up horses and "out to pasture" is where the [...]
Travel Writer Nancy D. Brown riding Essie in the Gallatin National Forest, Montana. I'm often asked for the best horseback riding vacations for single travelers. I had the opportunity to write about solo riding tips on Horse Rookie, an equestrian blog for rookie and experienced riders. Have you ever wanted to go on [...]
The first time I came across a herd of wild horses was a memorable moment for me. I was on foot, climbing a dirt trail in the Badlands of the Little Book Cliffs in western Colorado. I spotted a flash of color amongst the shrub brush and pinyon-juniper laced hillside. It was both a feeling [...]
Horse riding in El Rocio, Spain's most famous wild west village In the heart of Andalusia, in the triangle between Cadiz, Huelva and Seville, lies the small and sacred village El Rocío in southern Spain. Bordered by one of Europe’s biggest natural parks, this unique little town is a paradise for horse and nature lovers. [...]
While I wouldn't call myself a Game of Thrones fangirl, who doesn't love a knight in shining armor? Inside Landeszeughaus, the world's largest armory museum, you'll find 32,000 pieces of weaponry. Racks of suits of armor, staff weapons, cannons and swords line the walls of Landeszeughaus in Graz, Austria. You don't have to be a [...]
Iceland by Horse With glacier-cut fjords, hot rivers, northern lights, and more than 100 volcanoes (dormant and active), it’s no wonder that Iceland is a favorite among adventurous travelers. But for equestrians, there’s an additional, perhaps more powerful draw: the island nation’s roughly 80,000 horses, all descended from Viking steeds and evolved over more than [...]