animalover
I am going to a Y horse camp in the summer and want to know if it is any fun. what do we do? how often do we ride? do we do other things? i hope not. when i signed up for horse camp, i thought of horses. not games to build friendships. not really planning on making many friends. I'm more of a tomboy and, more likely than not, most of those kids will be girls who wear make up, have boyfriends, never stop talking, and are afraid of dirt. not really my type. i know it is early but I'm nervous. it is a week long.i know the camp will send out a list of rules and things to pack but it takes me forever to get my bag full of the right stuff. I'm going to Camp Orkila.
here is my packing list:
-horse stuff
riding boots
work boots
helmet
vest
riding gloves
-clothes
8 t shirts
shorts
swimsuit
5 jeans
4 bras
8 underwear
1 sweatpants (sleepwear)
8 socks
-toiletries
shampoo
conditioner
body wash
deodorant
brush
nail clippers
toothbrush
toothpaste
chap stick
2 towels
feminine products
Ibuprofen (to give to the nurse)
-etc
backpack (to carry stuff around camp with. not to ride with)
water bottle
sketchbook
5 pencils + sharpener
pics from home
horse books and magazines
bug spray
laundry bag
sleeping bag
pillow
-maybes (things that i may or may not bring depending on the rules)
cell phone + charger
mp3 player + batteries
snacks + candy to share
serious answers only please. i also want all the advice i can get.
i don't have any other riding clothes and i don't own a horse so i don't have any grooming supplies (i work at a horse farm/summer day camp). I'm not bringing spurs or a crop because 1) i don't have a crop or spurs and 2) NEVER under ANY circumstances do I intentionally hurt ANY animal. ever.
my mom makes me wear the vest and the work boots are comfortable and were very expensive so i don't want to waste them but the riding boots i have were less than half the price but less comfortable and they blister my feet after 30 minutes of walking (not on the horse). the problem with just bringing my work boots is that i don't know yet if we are riding English or Western or both (i ride both but haven't gone faster than a trot/jog) and my work boots are so wide that they are harder to get in an English saddle than Western.
i know that crops and spurs don't hurt them too bad but once, i was riding when a horse got loose in the little forest area where i was riding and came up nose to nose with my horse. the horse that got loose was the herd mare (in that case) and she was gonna run off with my horse with me still on her. my instructor told me to take the crop and lean forward to gently smack the other horse on the nose but i wasn't experienced enough (i don't think i ever will be) and hit my horse in the eye. she immediately took off into a very tight packed thicket of trees with me. i won't hit or spur an animal intentionally ever.
i HAVEN'T read the rules yet! they aren't posted. I'm not asking for an exception. i just don't know the rules.
Answer
As a many time horse camper, unless you are going to a camp where everyone is highly experienced, don't bring riding gloves or your vest. I have gone to camps with my breeches and I felt ridiculous. Bring one pair of riding boots, like ride-able barn shoes. Act like you are going to the barn on a summer day, not like you are going to a show. Relax and don't be a know it all, the first camp I went to I bragged about having ridden many times before, the second night I fell off. Oops.
The books and magazines are a great idea! The girls are going to be just as horse crazy if not more than, as you are.
Don't sweat about the makeup, by the third day no one will wear any.
Tank tops and Sports bras should be added, they will be much more comfortable than t shirts and a normal bra.
Jenna- Don't bring loads of horse stuff, you will end up feeling silly and people will think you are showing off. Bring the bare minimum (jeans, long socks, riding/barnboots, helmet) unless they tell you to bring more. A crop wont be necessary, these are most likely going to be bombproof camp horses, not spooky or lazy show or lesson horses.
As a many time horse camper, unless you are going to a camp where everyone is highly experienced, don't bring riding gloves or your vest. I have gone to camps with my breeches and I felt ridiculous. Bring one pair of riding boots, like ride-able barn shoes. Act like you are going to the barn on a summer day, not like you are going to a show. Relax and don't be a know it all, the first camp I went to I bragged about having ridden many times before, the second night I fell off. Oops.
The books and magazines are a great idea! The girls are going to be just as horse crazy if not more than, as you are.
Don't sweat about the makeup, by the third day no one will wear any.
Tank tops and Sports bras should be added, they will be much more comfortable than t shirts and a normal bra.
Jenna- Don't bring loads of horse stuff, you will end up feeling silly and people will think you are showing off. Bring the bare minimum (jeans, long socks, riding/barnboots, helmet) unless they tell you to bring more. A crop wont be necessary, these are most likely going to be bombproof camp horses, not spooky or lazy show or lesson horses.
For those who have backpacked in Europe?
The Doctor
I'm conducting a little research for a marketing proposal (school project) and I was interested in the following:
What age were you when you took your trip?
How long did it last for?
What were you most interested in seeing and doing?
- historical sites?
- nitelife? bars, clubs, etc.
- nature? hiking, biking
- other kinds of adventure?
How would you generally describe your personality?
College graduate?
Thanks in advance!
Answer
I have done it when I was 23 for one month, 25 for one month, at 27 ireland 3 weeks, at 37 Ireland 3 weeks, 42 a European 'tour' again, at 43 and 45 a cycling holiday in the Netherlands and England also going from place to place.
In between I have backpacked in the USA/Canada, Japan, New Zealand and Australia as well as several shorter holidays which had some backpacking characteristics in Europe mostly in one country at a time as well as a few hiking holidays in England and Wales.
I like a combination of different kind of activities, staying in cities but also in villages, seeing historical and cultural things, go out into nature to just enjoy it but I often also done active parts like rafting, hiking or horse riding. The only 'activities' on your list I am not interested in is 'nightlife' beyond the odd visit to a pub.
I never had the need for more adventure, whatever you mean by that.
I used to be a shy kid but always willing to talk with people, I have grown into an adult who can hold herself in crowds and can face a group to hold a talk, and backpacking has helped me in that change.
The most notable change for myself is the level of my English. When I left school I could hardly communicate and that at a 'survival level' that is very poor grammar and pronunciation. Now I am fluent to the level of being about bilingual. Having to talk English (my only foreign language) for at least a month straight on all my backpacking holidays has helped a lot in that, as well as talking with people I would not have met if I had not started backpacking when I did.
My education level is just below college level, we do not have college here.
In case you had not noticed it yet, I am Dutch, so European and female.
I have done it when I was 23 for one month, 25 for one month, at 27 ireland 3 weeks, at 37 Ireland 3 weeks, 42 a European 'tour' again, at 43 and 45 a cycling holiday in the Netherlands and England also going from place to place.
In between I have backpacked in the USA/Canada, Japan, New Zealand and Australia as well as several shorter holidays which had some backpacking characteristics in Europe mostly in one country at a time as well as a few hiking holidays in England and Wales.
I like a combination of different kind of activities, staying in cities but also in villages, seeing historical and cultural things, go out into nature to just enjoy it but I often also done active parts like rafting, hiking or horse riding. The only 'activities' on your list I am not interested in is 'nightlife' beyond the odd visit to a pub.
I never had the need for more adventure, whatever you mean by that.
I used to be a shy kid but always willing to talk with people, I have grown into an adult who can hold herself in crowds and can face a group to hold a talk, and backpacking has helped me in that change.
The most notable change for myself is the level of my English. When I left school I could hardly communicate and that at a 'survival level' that is very poor grammar and pronunciation. Now I am fluent to the level of being about bilingual. Having to talk English (my only foreign language) for at least a month straight on all my backpacking holidays has helped a lot in that, as well as talking with people I would not have met if I had not started backpacking when I did.
My education level is just below college level, we do not have college here.
In case you had not noticed it yet, I am Dutch, so European and female.
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