Friday, June 17th

Well, Horse Lover's week at day camp was definitely a success! Although we had some rainy weather on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday were beautiful and we finished off the first week on a great note!

Due to the rain on Wednesday, we spent the morning inside staying dry. We still had a lot of fun though, doing activities such as gimp (lanyards), coloring, bag toss, Pictionary and group games.

Here Mackenzie and Katherine help the Quarter Horses and Morgans make friendship bracelets in the Day Camp Barn.

In the Lodge, a camper shows off her gimp.

It was still raining in the afternoon, so we decided to do our riding out of the rain in the indoor arena.

Here, riding instructor Holly gets ready to trot with the Arabians.
Riding instructor Amanda teaches a horse science lesson to the Morgans about horse first aid.

Sports instructor Laura stays in the lodge and takes a turn as the "detective" in a game of "Frogger" with the Falabellas.All in all, we made the best of a dreary day!

On Thursday, the weather was much nicer and Megan, the nature activity leader, decided to celebrate by building a campfire to roast marshmallows on!

Thursday was also tie-dye day, and the campers had a great time making their colorful creations.

It was still too wet on Thursday to go for a trail ride, but riding in the ring was still fun!

Here, a camper trots down the rail on Teko.

Friday was an exciting finish to the week! The trails were dry enough to take trail rides, and the campers also got to try riding bareback (without saddles). The campers also got to visit the "Trading Post" to buy some great souvenirs of their week at camp!

Thanks to all the campers who came to Hoofbeat this week to kick of the 2011 season!