It was once again our pleasure to host the French Association of Houston's "Day in the country" outing on the 3rd of February, 2008. This year's event was bigger and better than ever with over 100 of the association's members attending the event. As with the past 2 years the horseback and trail riding was the focus, in addition we had several aspiring young ropers practicing on the 'dummies'... then on each other, a fantastic Texas-Style lunch consisting of superbly smoked brisket with all the trimmings and for those who wished to see the ranch other than on horseback - a hayride. The weather once again cooperated, while not the sunny skies we were hoping for, the predicted rain did hold off till after the event. As always, we had a grand time and enjoyed sharing our little slice of the Texas country side with them. Of course we could not have hosted so many with out the help of our friends - Thanks go out to the Sara Robinson and Sara Bowse and the Free Spirit 4H club for providing the lunch services, the Hickman Ranch S
peed girls for being the leaders for the "lead-line" rides and providing their horsemanship demonstrations, Scott Fisher and his roping students for the roping demonstration, and Lupe Ortega for providing the much enjoyed hayrides. A special thanks to Patricia Sterbenz for her keen organizational skills and keeping the riders rotating through so all could enjoy. We thoroughly enjoyed the French Association's visit and look forward to our continued friendship in the future.If you would like to see more pictures of the event, please click on the picture below to be taken to the web album.
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