Conservation
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Into Africa: 200 Kilometers Across the Masai Mara on Horseback
Continue reading →: Into Africa: 200 Kilometers Across the Masai Mara on HorsebackEquestrian Destinations As our small propeller plane flew over the Ngong Hills, Nairobi disappeared behind us. I immediately thought of scenes from Out of Africa,…
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Cantering with the Wildebeest Migration: Kenya’s Masai Mara on Horseback
Continue reading →: Cantering with the Wildebeest Migration: Kenya’s Masai Mara on HorsebackEquestrian Destinations Riding with Safaris Unlimited through Kenya’s Masai Mara, I found myself galloping flat-out beside a river of wildebeest a thousand strong — an…
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Grab the Mane, Let Go, Swim: Jamaica’s Horseback Ocean Ride
Continue reading →: Grab the Mane, Let Go, Swim: Jamaica’s Horseback Ocean Ride“On the count of three, we are all going to reach for the manes and pull ourselves up on to our horse’s back. The horses…
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Beyond the Horses: Reefs, Turtles, and Sunsets at Half Moon Resort
Continue reading →: Beyond the Horses: Reefs, Turtles, and Sunsets at Half Moon ResortFrom swimming with dolphins to sunsets, top things to see and do at Jamaica’s Half Moon Resort on your equestrian vacation. Morning breakfast was served…
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Sleigh Bells and Snow: A Winter Horseback Weekend in Vermont
Continue reading →: Sleigh Bells and Snow: A Winter Horseback Weekend in VermontThe sleigh bells at Gentle Giants Sleigh Rides in Stowe, Vermont. If you grew up watching Irving Berlin’s 1954 classic, White Christmas, then you appreciate…
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Riding the Bay of Mont St. Michel: A Weekend at Cheval-Plaisir in Normandy
Continue reading →: Riding the Bay of Mont St. Michel: A Weekend at Cheval-Plaisir in NormandyPart 1 of 3: Cheval-Plaisir, Normandy Arrival at Cheval-Plaisir My teenaged daughter and I arrived by train in Avranches, just a few hours from Paris,…
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Mont St. Michel by Night: Visiting the Abbey and Giving the Mont Back to the Sea
Continue reading →: Mont St. Michel by Night: Visiting the Abbey and Giving the Mont Back to the SeaPart 3 of 3: Cheval-Plaisir, Normandy Visiting Mont St. Michel In order to witness the year’s highest tide come in around the Mont that evening,…
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The History of the Marsh Tacky
Continue reading →: The History of the Marsh TackyIn 1846, naturalist John James Audubon wrote that the Marsh Tacky is as “tough as a Pine knot.” Indigenous to the marshy coastal islands of…