Fall Blog Update

 Hi Everyone!

We have been sooooooooo busy here at camp since summer ended, but we wanted to give you a little snapshot of what we've been up to. 

We have had several Girl Scout Horse Lover's Days, a few UW groups have done retreats here, and of course we have had our Saturday camps also. There are always the day to day things like feeding and graining the horses, goats, and sheep. The horses get out to pasture for a few hours every day also, which they love. We have also been fixing some fences that needed work and getting firewood in for the winter months.

Here are some pictures from one of our Saturday camps!

Wrapping up Week 10!

 Wrapping up Week 10!

Somehow we've reached the end of the summer already! We had a FABULOUS final week and really enjoyed the past couple of days. On Thursday we had the normal riding lesson and then learned about Equestrian Olympic sports! For the craft, we made picture frames and horse collages. Thursday afternoon campers rode the lesson plan they had planned out on Wednesday, played "Hoofbeat Bingo," and "adopted a horse". "Adopting a horse" meant each group adopted Mocha, Gandalf, or Pirate and made stall decorations for them! The themes were amazing! 

Today we learned about horse genetics and got to see a very complicated Hoofbeat horse family tree, had a typical riding lesson, and made wooden horseshoe wind chimes! The afternoon was filled with fun, relaxing activities. We went on a hayride, had a campfire and a s'more, and visited our camp store! The final ride of the week was a bareback ride! Some horses were more comfortable without a saddle than others, but we had a great time. Thank you all for a great week!