Sarah's Horse Camp

Sarah went to horse camp from June 12-14th. Jim's first comment was, "Where are the horses going to camp?" Sarah, not the horses, camped in a tent with 3 other campers. There were 10 girls in the camp. It was held by the same people that run King's Daughters Club that Sarah attends twice a month. On Tuesday, when she arrived, the first activity was to play a game called "Swat" and a few other games. After lunch, they went and rode horses. They practiced saddling, bridling, and grooming the horse. They took the horses on different courses in the arena so they could get used to their horses. Sarah had "Shoofly". She was really sweet and always did what you asked her to but she shied a lot too (according to Sarah). After that they went swimming. Then they did a craft, started an early campfire, had a Bible study, ate supper, took showers and braided their hair. They got ready for bed, had a short Bible study in their tent, and then went to bed. Wednesday morning, she woke up to a funny "Good Morning" song playing outside. They had Bible study, one team went riding while the other team did archery and BB guns. When they went riding (2 hours), the counselors set up different cones and poles on the ground for the horses to maneuver around. After that, they took a break and went swimming. Then they saddled back up and went riding again (for another 2 hours)! That's what you do at horse camp after all! After supper, they went into the woods and shot fake deer, pigs, and turkeys with archery bows. Sarah got a horrible score of 4 points! They did a campfire, and saw Charlie, a ventriloquist puppet. The gist of the lesson was that everyone is different but that we each have our own talents. Then the normal routine of shower, Bible study and bedtime. Thursday morning, they had Bible study with a lot of singing. Sarah's team went in the arena and then went for a trail ride. Then they did games and just "hung out" according to Sarah. After they went swimming, they were told to stay in their swimsuits. Everyone got their horses, washed them, and then took them into the arena, where they brushed them and braided their tails. They put the horses back in the stalls until the rodeo. All the families started arriving at 4 p.m. We ate hotdogs and chips for supper and then the rodeo began after that. They had barrel racing, the straight away, then the flag race, the keyhole, and then bobbing for apples. The last one was the funniest. They rode their horse to the bucket, got off the horse, dunked their head into the bucket to get an apple, and then remounted and raced back with the apple in their mouth. It was a lot of fun for Sarah. In between the horse activities, they had family activities such as 3-legged race, wheelbarrow racing, tug-of-war (boys against girls - boys won), and chicken herding. Sarah packed up and we left after the rodeo was over. It was a lot of fun for Sarah and it was a lot of fun for us at the rodeo!

Hope you enjoy the pictures!