Camp Friendship’s Blog

Spring Break Riding Camp has come to Camp Friendship and without a doubt it has been loads of fun. Spring Break Riding Camp has been a little experiment for us at camp. While we always have our Riding Weekends and Mother/Daughter Riding Weekends we thought it would be nice to give you an opportunity to really try out Riding Camp before camp. I have to say so far it has been a great success.

Our riders are just raving about all the fun they’ve had. I was speaking to Skye Ackenbom our Riding Director to see just how much our riders got to do this week and let me tell you it sounds like they had a pretty full week.

The girls attended regular riding lessons but on top of that they had bareback rides and trail rides on our many trails throughout camp. Our riders don’t only ride all week but they get to learn about these great animals that they ride. In theory they learned about colors, breeds, types of feed, and the different parts that make up a horse. The girls even took part in some barn chores, such as tack cleaning and clipping to help them understand what it takes to care for these great creatures.

While Riding Camp is about riding, horses, and fun this is still a camp. Our riders had a great time partaking in evening activities such as scavenger hunt, a hayride, play performances, campfire, and what sounds like fun to me musical stalls.

All and all a fun filled week with friends and horses. While this week brings our Spring Break Riding camp to an end over the next few weekends we will be having our Girls Riding Weekends and Mother-Daughter Weekends, which are always a lot of fun. Some of our weeks are already full but we are opening a new Mother-Daughter weekend up so if your are on the waiting list we’ll be contacting you soon and if not give us a call we may have a spot open for you.

To all our riders I hope you had a super great time and to the rest of you come and join us next time. While Riding Weekends are great fun this summer we’ll be having even more fun.

Note: Here’s an article that will prove very interesting to any of you who are considering sending your daughter to Riding Camp “Tips for Horseback Riding Campers and their Parents” and of course we are always here to answer any of your questions.

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The leaves are falling, some much-needed rain is here and we are getting ready for next summer.  The past few months we’ve hosted various groups from the YMCA and some beautiful weddings, it has been great fun.    As the year moves forward our staff here at Camp Friendship is very excited for what’s in store.   Our directors are already hiring some great staff for next summer.  We are also very excited that many of you have already decided to join us again for summer 2008.

Fall Riding Weekends have been a huge success and the barn is keen for some more excitement.  As the horses and riding staff prepare for the winter we are already planning our Spring Riding Weekends starting in March.  This spring we are offering in addition to our Girls-Only and Mother-Daughter Weekends, Spring Break Camp for 5 days of summer-like fun during spring break.  It’s a new offering here at camp but we believe it’ll be a huge success for those girls who want to get away and ride.  If you’re interested in some more details just click here.

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