This is one story, that I posted a year ago! Thanks Heather. Here is a link to the story and a snippet! I am posting it again as I prepare a Riders’ Stories section.

Our New Zealand Trek – November 2007

This was the day of our ‘big trek’. After grooming, saddling, and ground work we mounted and rode up the hill to Crystal Lake. We rode over alpine meadows, through pine forests and took in the fantastic views which were quite magical with the fresh snow. We had lunch at Crystal Lake, enjoyed chatting about ‘life’ in general and had some good ‘girl’ talk. We then had to walk the horses down the rough road for a short while, gave them a drink at the creek and then started our journey home.