Karin texted Diane after 10:00am yesterday that the camping went great, she is heading home for a nap and will be back later to clean up. When Karin was refreshed enough to talk she called to say the campers had a great time. They arrived Sunday afternoon, swam, fished, boated, caught enough fish for their dinner, cleaned and cooked fish
then tacked up the horses and rode until dark. The horses were perfect, willingly accepting beginner riders without a fuss, walk, trot and cantering the trails, swimming through the lakes and bringing their riders back safely.
The rest of the evening was a blast scary stories, funny stories, and goodies cooked over a roaring fire. Curfew was midnight and on the whole they were tired enough to honor that. The girls slept in the cottage with a chaperone while Karin had the boys all fixed up with tents. During the night the boys got up to scare the girls, banged on the door and scratched at the windows but the girls got them back. They snuck out early morning and removed the tent stakes. When the boys got up the tent collapsed in on them. They had a big cowboy breakfast cooked over the campfire of scrambled eggs, bacon, hashbrowns and toast, then saddled up the horses for a quick canter trail ride getting back in enough time to load up and arrive back at the church in Maquon to meet the parents. They show up tired, muddy, rough looking but
SO HAPPY! Thank you Karin for being willing to give city kids a country experience!
Yesterday while at Hoerr vet clinic another call came in for a trail ride. Dr. Schock knew Sally Herman is coming into town and wants to arrange something special for this very special flight nurse. He was given Karin's phone number. That will be an easy ride to arrange, Sally is a knowledgeable experienced rider.
This morning the filly is putting weight on her shoulder and looking much better. She needs 2cc's of banimine soon, 2cc's tonight which I can do with no problem, the hard part will be trying to iodine inside her umbilicus. She is a big strong 2 week old filly not the usual newborn we are use to dealing with.
then tacked up the horses and rode until dark. The horses were perfect, willingly accepting beginner riders without a fuss, walk, trot and cantering the trails, swimming through the lakes and bringing their riders back safely.
The rest of the evening was a blast scary stories, funny stories, and goodies cooked over a roaring fire. Curfew was midnight and on the whole they were tired enough to honor that. The girls slept in the cottage with a chaperone while Karin had the boys all fixed up with tents. During the night the boys got up to scare the girls, banged on the door and scratched at the windows but the girls got them back. They snuck out early morning and removed the tent stakes. When the boys got up the tent collapsed in on them. They had a big cowboy breakfast cooked over the campfire of scrambled eggs, bacon, hashbrowns and toast, then saddled up the horses for a quick canter trail ride getting back in enough time to load up and arrive back at the church in Maquon to meet the parents. They show up tired, muddy, rough looking but SO HAPPY! Thank you Karin for being willing to give city kids a country experience!
Yesterday while at Hoerr vet clinic another call came in for a trail ride. Dr. Schock knew Sally Herman is coming into town and wants to arrange something special for this very special flight nurse. He was given Karin's phone number. That will be an easy ride to arrange, Sally is a knowledgeable experienced rider.
This morning the filly is putting weight on her shoulder and looking much better. She needs 2cc's of banimine soon, 2cc's tonight which I can do with no problem, the hard part will be trying to iodine inside her umbilicus. She is a big strong 2 week old filly not the usual newborn we are use to dealing with.
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