Writing Horseback

As we ride toward the Ventura River into the Los Padres National Forest, our guide spots a red tail hawk scanning its surroundings. Silently, the hawk takes flight as quail scurry in the background. We are on a horseback riding vacation in Ojai, California.
My mount for today’s horseback riding vacation is Willing Spirit, a gentle, 18 year [...]

 
Hidden Meadow Ranch guest post by Vera Marie Badertscher
 On our way to this Arizona horseback riding vacation,  we drive through some towns crowded with fast food joints and motels, then through smaller towns where the places to stay tend toward cabins instead of modern motels, then we turn off onto a Forest Service Road and [...]