Sometimes this blog feels like the Little Engine That Could. I think I can make a go of writing exclusively about horses, horseback riding vacations, equestrian travel deals and lodging reviews. I think I can. I think I can. With your help, dear reader, I know I can. I hope that my horseback riding […]
Horseback Riding in San Luis Obispo at the Madonna Inn For decades a hot-pink sign along U.S. 101 southwest of downtown San Luis Obispo has beckoned travelers to the Madonna Inn. Heavily floral and bedecked in hues of pink and more pink, the inn, an exuberant exercise in excess, recalls early Las Vegas, but the
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What to expect on a cattle drive What is a cattle drive? A cattle drive is a herd of cattle that need to be moved from one area to another for their survival or simply for tourist amusement on a horseback riding holiday. There are two different types of cattle drives; one being the few
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These hotel guests are fed three times a day. Their blankets are removed from their bodies in the morning and put back on them at night. They have a swimming pool all to themselves and all of the residents on property have a personal trainer. But these are not your typical hotel guests and Los
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Old MacDonald had a ranch, e-i-e-i-o. And on that ranch he had a farm…and so the story goes. MacDonald’s Ranch, in addition to pony rides, trail rides, train rides and gold panning, has a farm – with goats and chickens and miniature horses and donkeys – only they call it a petting zoo here in
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Newfoundland ponies are a critically endangered species, and there are only a handful of them left in the world. Where can you find most of them? On a remote little island corner of Canada, in Newfoundland and Labrador, on Change Islands. Change Islands is about as isolated as it gets. The name is a bit
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It started on my first visit to Disneyland in Los Angeles, California. Not a typical place for a horse encounter, but a memorial experience, none the less. I was horse-crazy in my youth – still am crazy in love with horses! Anywhere that I am able to go horseback riding, or at least make friends
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Arizona Cowboy College is the equivalent of sleep away camp for adults who want to play in the desert. No, this isn’t Burning Man. Instead, city slickers hoping to escape their corporate cubicles or experienced equestrians wanting to learn new riding skills will find their happy place beyond a gravel road in Scottsdale. “I’ve been
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Who doesn’t love the fall colors of the Quebec region of Canada? Now imagine discovering the Canadian countryside on horseback. I was able to explore the hills and valleys of the Charlevoix region horseback riding in Quebec, Canada. Even better, I was riding on the back of a Canadian horse in mid-October when the leaves
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