As we ride toward the Ventura River into the Los Padres National Forest, our guide spots a red tail hawk scanning its surroundings. Silently, the hawk takes flight as quail scurry in the background. We are on a horseback riding vacation in Ojai, California. My mount for today’s horseback riding vacation is Willing Spirit, a gentle, 18
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Hidden Meadow Ranch guest post by Vera Marie Badertscher On our way to this Arizona horseback riding vacation, we drive through some towns crowded with fast food joints and motels, then through smaller towns where the places to stay tend toward cabins instead of modern motels, then we turn off onto a Forest Service Road
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PONY EXPRESS – No Horseback Riding Vacation Back in the day, we used to have our mail delivered on horseback via the Pony Express. While I wouldn’t call it a horseback riding vacation, the first pony express rider left for St. Joseph, Missouri on April 3, 1860 and arrived ten days later in Sacramento, California on
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Horseback Riding Vacation and Farm Holiday in Magical Iceland Imagine going on a horseback riding vacation at the top of the word! While I’ve not yet been to Iceland, it actually has ” continental divide techtonic plates” separating North America from Europe. It also offers blue glaciers, boiling hot water geysers and a moon-like landscape
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Where did the horses go in Alaska? I was recently in Fairbanks, Alaska to see the World Ice Art Championships and visit the Chena Hot Spring Resort. Obviously, I was there in the winter, so no chance for a horseback riding vacation in Alaska. While I wasn’t able to go on a horseback riding holiday,
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Take Your Horse on a Winter Luxury Adventure How often do you think about taking your horse along on a snowy horseback riding vacation? Somehow, sitting by the fire in a luxury cabin, after finishing a gourmet meal, seems more like an experience for the ski slopes than a winter ranch visit. At
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As I watch the YouTube video of horse and rider going through their dressage routine, my mind day dreams of a horseback riding vacation in Brazil. I have never ridden a Lusitano horse, but these magnificent animals are certainly pleasing to the eye. While I haven’t yet met Florian Pass, the owner of Sucandi, an
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As the gorgeous rodeo cowgirls circle the arena at full gallop, blonde hair and flags flying in the wind, the National Anthem blares over the PA systems. Cowboys, young and old, hold their cowboy hats in front of their chests and young mothers with babes in their arms sing along. It is a hot June day
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“If you like, you’ll have time to groom your horse before we go out on the trail,” offered my guide as I checked into the Guest Ranch. Having owned several horses in my youth, I considered this horseback riding vacation a chance to skip the brushing. In fact, I didn’t have to saddle or bridle my
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