Spring Break this year was pretty laid back. We’re saving our plans to travel until the summer, so we decided to hang at home for spring break this year. Mark received his first Covid vaccination just as spring break started, so that was an exciting start to the week, then we had a few nice days to get in some outdoor walks and horseback riding. When the weather was nice, it was really nice, but the days that the weather wasn’t nice, it was cold and rainy. So, thankfully we got some outdoor time in when it was nice, and then did a little shopping and time with friends when it was cold and rainy.
Our first venture was just to drive over to Riverbend Park and walk from there to Great Falls. It was such a beautiful day to be out, and we finished things up with some s’mores and a firepit on the deck later that evening.
Thankfully, the day we had booked to go horseback riding was one of the other nice days of the week. Lyla has been wanting to go horseback riding, but with Covid, many of the trail ride locations have been inactive or limited over the past year. We have really enjoyed our experience at Marriott Ranch, but they are one of the very limited options still because of Covid, so I found a new place for us to try called Royal Horseshoe Farm. The farm was in a beautiful rural area of Front Royal, and we had a 1.5 hour trail ride booked for the the three of us.
Overall, it was a good experience, but I will say they horses weren’t quite as docile as the ones we’ve ridden at Marriott Ranch! It’s definitely a bit more stressful when the horses aren’t as predictable as you’d want, but thankfully there were only minor issues here and there. If you ask Nina, we barely got out of there alive! ha ha!! Also, this ride was 90% in the woods with lots of unstable footing for the horses, so we probably prefer being out in the open more with less tripping and stumbling on the horses part. All that to say, Lyla still really enjoyed herself, but we don’t see Nina wanting to go back to Royal Horseshoe Farm any time in the near future (the picture of Nina with the horse was before the ride). LOL!
Our final day of nice weather for the week was a day we took some time to walk at Beaver Dam Reservoir. It was pretty muddy and soggy from the previous days of rain, but it was really nice to be out and enjoy a natural preserve just minutes from our house. Mark and the girls tried a little fishing at first, but the water temps were still a little cold to get much fishing action, but it didn’t stop Cayenne from swimming. She had a blast running the trails and swimming, and we enjoyed a couple hours to just enjoy being out on a beautiful day.
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