Wow, where to begin...
It is only day two and already I feel like there is so much to talk about! After a long day of traveling, the sea kayaking adventure, and an evening ride at the Wylie's yesterday, we all thought today would be a little less demanding, yet here we are- it's 10pm and we are beat!
This morning we were lucky enough to have the opportunity to ride with Michael Cintas, the Modern Pentathalon Olympic coach, in Palm Springs. We drove about 2 hours out to Palm Springs, passing snow covered mountains, and about 1000 wind turbines! When we arrived at Michal's we quickly got situated with our horses (which were tacked up and ready for us!) and got to work! And oh did we work! We warmed up on the flat, and over fences, worked through a course, and then "drew" each other's horses and switched. We had ten minutes to ride the switch horse on the flat, and then three warm up fences before we did a course. Riding with Michael was such a treat, but after three hours of riding in the desert we were all exhausted (and thirsty!).
On the way back to the Wylie's we grabbed a quick lunch and had a short tour of Galway Downs Equestrian Center & Race Track (aka Southern California Equestrian Center). We were greeted at the Wylie's with a buffett of delicious food and a number of the Pony Club families. After a wonderful dinner and some socializing we escaped back to Mary's to be well rested for tomorrow, our last day in CA! We will be riding in the morning, getting some last minute "bush walk" necessities (whatever that might be!), and getting cleaned up for our midnight flight to NZ!
It's been a fast paced two days in California but I still feel like I'm on a riding vacation :)
-Kelsey
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