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What exactly do we do at
camp? What is it like? Well, first of all, camp is especially fun and
unique due to the camp counselors - fellow riders! Experienced
teenage riders, whom have been with the barn for a while, are your child's
counselors. This provides for a fun, comfortable atmosphere. The
counselors, however, do have adult supervision - sometimes with a riding
instructor, Victoria Hanson, and sometimes with Debbie herself.
From (roughly) 9:00 a.m. to
11:30 a.m. the counselors instruct the campers. The counselors tack-up and
fully prepare every lesson horse before the campers arrive. Due to the
children's ability and skills, they are placed with certain horses. An
agenda is already formed by the time anyone shows up.
When they do, the counselors
explain what is going to be done that day and then begin the morning.
There is a special activity for each morning: English riding, Western
riding, Bareback riding, Trail riding, and Buggy Driving. After an
exhausting but fun morning, the campers help out to untack and clean up
the horses. Then we all break for lunch, while watching horse videos.
Every afternoon also has
different activities. However, these activities vary from week to week -
it depends on the counselors. Some activities might be: braiding mains &
tails, spotting all different horse colors around the farm, swimming, and
horse games.
