Circle Lake Ranch - Horse Camp 2009


Alyssa and Jessica at the Circle Lake Horse Ranch

Back in the spring, I decided that I would sign the kids up for a different camp this year. Something I figured that they would really enjoy - Horse Camp at Circle Lake Ranch. I knew Alyssa would love it but what really surprised me was that Jessica really loved it, too!
Alyssa - riding Creole
Jessica - riding Coco
Circle Lake Ranch is located in Katy, Texas which for me meant that I would have to leave the house early so that we could be there by 8:00 am and then I would have to ride the Katy Freeway back in towards town in all of the traffic. What I discovered, was that it really wasn't all that bad. I did ride the Katy Tollway back in but I probably could have fore-gone that and just come in with everyone else on the non-charging part of the freeway.
The girls learned all of the parts of the horses, all of the parts of the saddles - both english and western - how to put on a saddle and how to groom a horse. They learned how to walk, trot, canter and how to make a horse walk backwards. At the end of the camp, they put on a horse show to show everyone how much they had learned.
Jessica and Alyssa getting ready for the Horse Show

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