With the amazing views and vast land, the Khovsgol Nuur (or the Khuvsgul Lake) in Mongolia is the largest freshwater lake in Mongolia. It’s located in the northwest of Mongolia and is near the Russian border. Known as the “blue pearl of Mongolia,” it’s a sight to behold and a must-see for its beautiful scenery, […]
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I recently flew into Augusta, Georgia to begin my horseback riding vacation to Aiken, Columbia and Camden, South Carolina. As I fly carry on, I wore my Ariat riding boots and breeches on the airplane from San Francisco. I confess that I was very self conscious wearing English riding attire in the San Francisco Airport,
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If you are a horse-crazy girl, you probably dream of going off to college with your horse. Where I live, in Northern California, it is entirely possible to go to university and bring your horse with you. There are plenty of veterinary medicine students studying at University of California Davis and Cal Poly San Luis
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With names like Easy Street and Lovers’ Lane it’s no wonder that horse lovers love Aiken, South Carolina. The city of Aiken is an equestrian wonderland as you travel on horseback through the clay roads and deep into the heavily forested Hitchcock Woods. I had landed in horse heaven, if only for a few days,
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As our Ford pickup truck and RV trailer snaked along the two lane road entering Southern Utah we marveled at the red rock canyon and hoodoo formations jutting toward the bluebird sky in front of us. After pulling into Ruby’s Inn, parking our trailer, and checking into the resort, we circled back to Red Canyon
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Is there anything better than wine tasting in the Willamette Valley on a gorgeous afternoon? Well, yes there is if you enjoy horseback riding vacations. My husband and I were visiting friends in the Tualatin Valley and we had asked for a dog-friendly winery recommendation in the Greater Portland area. It was suggested that we
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The Atacama Desert, in northern Chile, is the world’s driest — some parts have never experienced a recorded rainfall — and it sits more than 10,000 feet above sea level. The Atacama attracts tourists for its salt flats and their flamingos, a salt mountain range, saltwater pools, hot springs, geysers — and for stargazing in
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Pick up trucks flanked the side of Spencerville Road, wheels turned into the dirt and dry grass like hoof marks left in ridges of dried mud. Last year the rodeo was postponed due to mother nature’s wrath, but this year’s Penn Valley Rodeo proved a perfect blend of spring sunshine, athletic livestock and friendly cowboys
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Vienna, or Wien, as this romantic city is known in German, is elegant from head to toe. Or perhaps I should say hat to hoof? After all, the imperial city is known for horse-drawn carriage rides through Vienna’s old center and the famous Spanische Hofreitschule or Spanish Riding School, home to the Lipizzaner stallions. During
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