Weekend and Monday

We were sad to bid goodbye to our one-week campers last Saturday! We hope they had a lot of fun at camp this summer. On Saturday afternoon, the campers who are staying for a second week got to go to Bethel Horizons, a summer camp and nature center. At their nature center, one of their naturalists gave a wonderful talk with lots of animals guests, including birds, snakes, lizards, frogs and turtles. We then got to go on a hike, capture frogs, and climb a cliff. Everyone returned to camp exhausted but happy, and we spent Saturday evening watching Tangled.

We welcomed new one-week campers on Sunday! We'll have cabin pictures up soon for our new arrivals! The new cabins were welcomed to Hoofbeat on Sunday evening with some cabin skits presented by the two-week cabins. They also got a chance to take a barn tour and get to know their cabin mates.

We were sad to awaken to rain on Monday morning. The weather stayed "iffy" all morning, so we used the indoor arena for all riding classes, rather than attempting to ride in the misty rain. By afternoon, the weather had cleared enough for us to have some mounted rodeo games, including barrel racing and pole bending. The girls also had a chance to try their hand at unmounted roping! We did some "choice" activities in the evening, and campers could choose to hike, play group games, have a dance party, or play some board games.

This morning has been sunnier, though weather reports are calling for rain later this afternoon. We're hoping to get out on some trail rides but may have to adjust our plans due to weather!

Here are some pictures from our time at Bethel Horizons: