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Brighton Recreation Riding Stable Brighton Equestrian Campground Howell, MI |
June 27, 2011 |
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While
I was staying at Bishop Lake Campground,
I drove through the equestrian campground because I thought it sounded
so cool to tow your horse to have as a camping companion. I then
drove by the nearby riding stables just to check it out and wound
up not being able to resist one of their trail rides. I've only
been on a horse a few times in my life, but always enjoyed it, so
I was happy to have this chance.
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I was especially glad to get to meet one of the owners, Christy Wilson. I had talked to her mom, Gina, the day before, and loved the story she told me about how they bought Christy her first horse and saddle for $500 when she was 12 - and "look at her now!" I'm always a sucker for hearing of a woman following her dreams, so I felt blessed to meet and hear Christy's. She told me she had always mostly rode by herself, so she wanted to create a riding club so people could enjoy riding together, including having horses to rent for people who didn't have their own. She got a booth at a fair to sign people up for her riding club idea. Nobody signed up at that point, but lots of people asked for lessons. At first she said she wouldn't give lessons because she was self-taught and had never had formal lessons herself. But since no one was signing up for the club, she finally changed her sign to say "Lessons!" and people started coming around. She said she figured she could just teach them what she knew from her own experiences and love of horses. She shared with me that before having the gumption to go for her true dream and make a living doing it, she "did computer stuff because I was good at it, not because I loved it." She finally took the plunge and "decided to do what I loved and just make it work!" |
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