Meh about Manassas but so relieved to find that others care more about the details than I.

Riding Trails, Riding Experiences, ROCSusan Mora-SchraderSeptember 29, 2024The South, Riding Trails, Manassas, Civil War, Longleaf Pines, North Carolina, Virginia, Double Lea Farm, Bed and Barn Comment

Disaster Susan -- The Typhoid Mary of Travel

You are officially a farmer when all you can talk about is the weather and how things were better when you were a kid.

Riding Trails, Riding Experiences, ROCSusan Mora-SchraderSeptember 27, 2024Hurricane Helene, The South, Riding Trails, Beach Rides Comments

Hot Horses and Heavy Hearts

What we thought would be an uneventful day isn’t when a truly great hostess has a bad fall.

Horse People, Lodging with Horses, Riding Experiences, ROCSusan Mora-SchraderAugust 8, 2021Riding Trails, Horse Lodging, Illinois, Vandalia, sommers gate farmsComment

Days 3 and 4 in NKY (which is a bit gentler than NYC)

Days 3 and 4 are spent gently in delightful Norther Kentucky.

Horse People, Lodging with Horses, Riding Experiences, ROCSusan Mora-SchraderAugust 4, 2021Riding Trails, Horse Lodging, Ohio, Caves, Horse Camps, Wild West Comment

A Ghost Town, Cowboys and Caves; and It's only Day 2

Day two gives us some Wild West experiences still in Eastern Time Zone.

Horse People, Lodging with Horses, Riding Experiences, ROCSusan Mora-SchraderAugust 3, 2021Riding Trails, Horse Lodging, Ohio, Caves, Horse Camps, Wild West Comment

John Denver Forgot to Mention that This is a Big Damn State

Day one teaches us that West Virginia is really big!

Horse People, Lodging with Horses, ROCSusan Mora-SchraderAugust 1, 2021West Virginia, Highway Routes, Riding Trails, Horse Lodging Comment

Picking a Route

Planning a trip is almost as much fun as taking it. Setting this itinerary was no exception, but there’s a lot on the line. Get it wrong and it’s not just you suffering when you’ve got a couple of half-ton travel buddies along for the ride.

Itineraries, ROCSusan Mora-SchraderJanuary 15, 2021Itineraries, Riding Trails, Highway Routes, Horse loadingComment