Travel
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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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First Polo Lesson: A Mother-Daughter Afternoon at Great Meadow
Continue reading →: First Polo Lesson: A Mother-Daughter Afternoon at Great MeadowLooking for something different from your typical day in the saddle? Don’t have time for an equestrian vacation? Are you a skilled rider or horse…
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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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Meeting a Haras du Pin Foal on a Normandy Horse Farm
Continue reading →: Meeting a Haras du Pin Foal on a Normandy Horse FarmPart 2 of 3: Cheval-Plaisir, Normandy After a fascinating, full day of riding, we returned with the two horses to the farm, while Catherine waited…
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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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Inside the Grande Écurie: Bartabas and the Académie Équestre de Versailles
Continue reading →: Inside the Grande Écurie: Bartabas and the Académie Équestre de VersaillesThe Académie du Spectacle Équestre in Versailles — Where Horses Receive the Royal Treatment After spending the morning on horseback galloping through the gardens of…
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Riding Through Marie Antoinette’s Gardens: A Horseback Tour of Versailles
Continue reading →: Riding Through Marie Antoinette’s Gardens: A Horseback Tour of VersaillesOn a recent trip to visit family in France, I found the opportunity to discover what Versailles has to offer an enthusiastic horse lover. Having…
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The Horses of Marly: A Royal Hunting Forest Behind Washington’s National Mall
Continue reading →: The Horses of Marly: A Royal Hunting Forest Behind Washington’s National MallA King’s Hunting Lodge: Marly-le-Roi Pavillon Royal Not far from Versailles is the town of Marly-le-Roi, where I stayed with my family. While there, I…
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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…