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Archive for July, 2011

Hawaii Horse Expo on the Big Island

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Hawaii Horse Expo August 5-7, 2011
Hawaii Island Humane Society’s Hawaii Horse Expo 2011 is coming up August 5-7. Proceeds from the annual event benefit the Humane Society’s Horse Rescue Fund, which helps abused and abandoned horses on the island.

What Makes Hawaii Horse Expo Special?

Hawaii Horse Expo was organized by a [...]

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Club at Spanish Peaks – Ultimate Horseback Riding Vacation, Big Sky, MT

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Big Horses in Big Sky, Montana
Everything about Big Sky, Montana is BIG. From the huge timbered Clubhouse that greats visitors to the Club at Spanish Peaks, to the 17 hand high bay horse that I rode during my horseback riding vacation in Big Sky. This was my first visit to Big Sky and I left [...]

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7 Horseback Riding Vacations: Blog Posts Remembered

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One of my favorite travel bloggers and a specialist in Baby Boomer travel, Donna L. Hull, from My Itchy Travel Feet, tagged me in an internet game. Tripbase is the instigator behind this game. The concept is simple, introduce new readers of Writing Horseback to older blog posts that you may not be familiar with. [...]

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Western Orthoflex Saddle For Sale

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Western Ortho-flex saddle – parting is such sweet sorrow
My Ortho-flex saddle is sitting in my living room to make a point. My husband has been making subtle hints that the saddle is not doing anyone any good sitting on a saddle rack in the garage. I agreed that it was time to sell the [...]

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Horseback Riding Vacation at Echo Valley Ranch and Spa, British Columbia, Canada

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Echo Valley Ranch Horseback Riding Vacation
A mechanical engineer by trade, Echo Valley Ranch and Spa owner Norm Dove chuckled when I asked how a chap from England came to own a 160 acre Canadian guest ranch and spa.
“This place came with the cattle,” smiles Norm. “I like to build things, so the rest of the [...]

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