A Trotting Good Time

One those dog days of summer, many young people try to hide in the AC. Not the case with the Richmond County 4-H’ers who recently traveled to Tanglewood Park in Clemmons for the day!

After a rather warm trip north – sorry again that the air went out to everybody – we arrived at Tanglewood to a warm greeting from Mike & the stable staff and James and his hay ride help. We split into groups and got busy. My group went horseback riding first while the second group took a relaxing hayride to see the whole park from the shady back of the wagon.

I got to team up with Reno, a wonderful steady horse, to see some gorgeous scenery of the Uharries. The other horses included Vegas, Dogwood, Hugh and Boots. After some initial nerves, all of the kids settled into their saddles & by the half way point of the ride, requests of, “Can we trot more?” could be heard through the line. In two quieter moments, we even saw deer standing in the woods around us!

When we got back to the stables & thanked our horses for being so good, we switched places & got to relax during our hayride while the other group mounted up & rode into the sunset (well, not really the sunset – I just always wanted to write that:) for their tour of the trails.

After everyone got done riding horses & hay, we settled down for lunch and had to get one last picture with our new 4 legged friends. To end the day, we took a walking tour of the gardens near the manor house at Tanglewood. There were some really cool plants & sculptures there – everyone’s favorite seemed to be the water feature that you could put your hands in & cool off a bit!  To check out the rest of our pictures - click here!

There is still much more fun to be had with 4-H this summer! However, the only other horses we are planning to see this summer are going to be a Betsy-Jeff Penn 4-H Camp the last week of July! There are still some spots left if you would like to come along! Contact Michelle for more details!