08/07/2026
Camp.
I don’t mean to be too sentimental when I say this (okay, maybe a little) but my love for camp far surpasses anything that I could ever put into words.
You see, camps have shaped my life.
I don’t remember the nitty gritty details of my first camp. But I do remember countless hours at the barn. My very first barn, the one that we had passed so many times as a kid that I’m sure I begged and pleaded to stop at a million times. I remember my first camp that lead to riding lessons, and the riding lessons that lead me to a second barn- because at the first barn, we couldn’t ride in the winter.
My lesson hours turned into days, my days turned into nights full of laughter and hay loft sleep overs and before I knew it, I was helping at their summer camps instead of being the camper. I met my best friend (still as an adult!) at this barn. I spent most of my childhood, from 11 on there, even when I had was lucky enough to have a barn at home!
My heart horse came home to my parents (psssst. The old guy is still at our barn now 💜) and suddenly I had two extra stalls to fill, so I filled them. And THEN, I had horses to share! So we started CAMPS. I held my first CAMP after graduating high school.
The following my year, I spent a summer at an all girls summer CAMP as a camp counselor/ riding instructor.
And as my career with horses expanded, we continued to have CAMP.
FARM CAMP saved my sanity, and many others during Covid.
And soon enough HORSE CAMPS returned in full swing. Every single one of them selling out, and then some.
IN 2024 I was hired to be the head of a riding department at an all girls Summer CAMP, and life felt like it had come full circle. I love that CAMP too. It is its own kind of special.
But I knew our barn still needed camps. I needed camps. So with some helping hands, some really amazing camp counselors and some crazy few weeks, we’ve continued to run camps, making this THIRTEEN SUMMERS.
I promise you, that at the end of the week, we are all as tired as your camper. But there is nothing more that fills my soul than spending time with our horses, in our ever changing and growing barn, with your children. There is no greater privilege in the world than being the CAMP where your kids are.
I hope they look back someday, and even if horses aren’t their passion in life, they remember that little old horse CAMP full of fun and laughter and friends (horses too!). Thank you for trusting us with your most special humans, and making the LAST CAMP OF 2026 pretty magical!
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