Mystery Trip!

We've had a super busy few days! Tuesday was very warm, so we did our morning skill classes in the morning, went on trail rides in the afternoon, and then cooled down by going to the Mazomanie pool in the evening. It rained overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday, which helped the temperature drop. We rode in our usual lessons on Wednesday morning, and then headed out of camp on our Mystery Trip yesterday afternoon! Our destination was revealed to be Mount Olympus in the Wisconsin Dells. We had a ton of fun playing in the water park and going on rides! Here are some pictures from our Mystery Trip - to see a larger view of any photograph, just click on it!

Waiting to go into the park.

Eating dinner at our pavilion.

Mary getting ready for a go-cart race!

Fiona driving her go-cart.

Getting helped after a spin-out.

Enjoying the swings!

More swings!

Buckling into the Cyclops roller coaster.

Waiting in line for Cyclops.

Can you spot the Hoofbeat campers on this coaster?

Getting hot dogs and hamburgers for dinner.

Waiting in line for go-carts!

Rose is ready to go!

A sign bade us farewell at the end of the day.

Beautiful Weather = Fun Day!

We were so happy to wake up this morning to cool temperatures, low humidity, and no rain!! We started our morning skill classes - each camper was given a morning schedule to follow the whole week comprised of a riding lesson, unmounted horse care class called Horse Science, and a choice between arts and crafts, mural, and outdoor adventures. In the afternoon, we played mounted games and got to know the horses a little better. After dinner, the cabins had some bonding time and then we played all-camp games!

Here are a few pictures from today. To see a larger view of any picture, just click on it.

Mounted games on Chief

Hanging out with Quincy

Kyra and Zippy playing the "Post Game".

Hoofroof 2 hanging out in the cabin.

Ready to ride!

Jess and I attempted to get some pictures of baby Quita. Mostly she wanted to cuddle with us, which resulted in a lot of really up-close pictures.

Quita enjoying scratchies from Jess.

Riding "sidesaddle" during mounted games.

Action shot during "stepping stones" relay.

Katie and Winston

Kelsey hearts Linus

Hoofroof 3/4 on their porch.

Laughing during "Honey, I Love You."

Happy to be at camp!!

Horseshoe 2 in the gazebo

Teaming up during a game of "Ninja".

Running during Ship and Sailors

"Hitting the deck" during Ships and Sailors.

Longbranch 1 hanging out at Trading Post.

Hoofroof 1 getting to know each other - hanging out in the cabin!

Longbranch 2 giving pedicures/manicures. :)

And the name is....

After a rigorous voting process... we finally have a name for our new horse. It was very exciting - while "Tucker" was winning in the online poll, "Simba" got more votes in camp. When we combined the votes, we discovered... a TIE! This morning at breakfast, we had a tie-breaker vote, with Tucker and Simba as the only two options. Click "read more" to find the winner!