Horseback Rides at Tie Hack

Another nice surprise at Tie Hack was meeting up with Jose and France and their family. Their daughter, Abigail, is in the same 5th grade class with Aly and Allie at Fort Caspar. They were camping down the road at Tie Hack. They had brought 4 of their horses with them (and I thought I had a lot of things to pack!). Their older kids put up a temporary corral in the field at the entrance of the campground and offered rides for the kids. Boy-oh-boy did they take them up on that offer - on both Saturday and Sunday! To say Timothy was thrilled was an understatement. He is still talking about Jose (who rode with him) and Tonka - his new name for his pretend horse at home.

Brenda, Jackie and I also took them for a little walkabout. Riding was easy - it was the getting on and off that was a bit more difficult!

Sarah, our animal lover, smiling big on top of her horse.




Allie shares the same feeling....


Lindsay gets ready to ride alone.


Group riding


Blake and Timothy, with Jose leading the way.


This horse in the pen was actually a race horse from Iowa. He had gotten hurt, and Jose saved him from euthanasia. He then bred him - a real life Dreamer story! He was a little fiesty for riding, but enjoyed taking hay from Timothy.


Jose, Jackie and Kevin sharing in the excitement of the day.

Here is a video of Timothy on the horse with Blake. He lets his excitement slip out a little bit.