Red Horse Mountain Ranch – All Inclusive Dude Ranch If you are looking for a family-friendly horse riding vacation in North Idaho, I have a dude ranch for you. It’s not often that I visit a guest ranch more than once. Red Horse Mountain Ranch was worth a second visit to see what had changed […]
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Kualoa Ranch – Ahupua’a Hawaiian Land As I drove west along Kahekili Highway, the skyscrapers of Waikiki faded away, and the lush Hawaiian lanscape began to make its presence known. With the Chinaman’s hat as a landmark to my right, I turned left into Kualoa Ranch for my horseback riding vacation. The Kualoa Ranch land is
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Horseback Shrimp Fishing – No Horseback Riding Vacation for Shrimp Fishermen It’s rare to see them anymore. The Belgian draft horses carrying shrimp fisherman on their backs while they drag fishing nets behind them. Horseback shrimp fishing is no horseback riding vacation for the fishermen or the Belgian horses of Oostduinkerke, Belgium. In days gone by,
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Horses in Bruges, Belgium While I didn’t have a chance to go on a horseback riding vacation in Bruges, Belgium, I did see many gorgeous horses during my visit and wanted to share photos and a YouTube video that I made during my trip. If you have not yet been to Bruges, you may want to rent
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Pennsylvania Farm Stay and Horseback Riding Vacation What better way to welcome spring than a horseback riding vacation spent on a farm? For most farms and ranches, spring is the most active time of year. Foals are born and crops are planted. Following a long Pennsylvania winter, the 22 member farms and ranches of Pennsylvania
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Legendary Horses of Camargue guest post by Ferne Arfin. Camargue horses are legendary. White or grey and cream, short-legged and sturdy, with bushy tails and thick, glamorous manes, they are really a kind of pony. The origin of the horses, unique in the world to this corner of France, is something of a mystery. At
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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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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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