Young Travelers Bonfire

Last Saturday we had a fall bonfire for our Young Travelers groups; both boys and girls. We had a lot of fun. The weather was beautiful; couldn’t have been better. All the kids got to ride, shoot archery, and play games. We did three races, two with brown feed bags. Ashley and I teamed up […]

Big Brothers Big Sisters

Two evenings this past week, we had a few groups out to the ranch for a trail ride and campfire. What a pleasure it was to serve these folks who take their time out of a busy schedule to mentor youth. Four “matches” came on Tues. and five “matches” came on Thurs. The weather was […]

Young Travelers Last Day – Persistence

Well this Monday was our last day for this Young Travelers group. Our lesson for the night was persistence. I have to say that these 4 boys were very persistent in learning about horses. One was very frightened at the beginning, but by the eighth week he was riding out in the field with the […]

George & Johnathan’s First Ride

Today we tacked up George for the first time since he came to us last week. He is settling in and he has become boss over the herd. We kind of figured that would happen. Leslie, from Equestrian Outreach, told us that he bossed her herd around too. Sometimes this is hard to watch because […]

Young Travelers Play Day 10/8/10

Today was an accomplished day! Austin got the thumbs up from grandma Donna to go out in the field with the “good ole boys”. He was very excited and I totally understand. I remember when I was learning to ride and started to go on the trail. It was very exciting. We had 7 kids […]

Young Travelers – Forgiveness 10/4/10

It was a beautiful day and we had a lot of fun with the horses. Tonight’s lesson was on forgiveness and the boys had to maneuver their horses around an obstacle course again. This time they had to back up their horses while pulling a bale of hay. This was very challenging, but the boys […]

Miss Elaine’s Group

This past Saturday we had a group come to the ranch from South Street Church of God. The weather was not the greatest, rain mostly. But that did not stop the kids from having a good time. They still were able to go to the barn and meet and greet the animals, shoot archery, and […]