Tuesday, July 1, 2008

HORSE CAMP $325

....and for another 25 bucks you can have a handful of fuzzy snapshots.

Any lucrative business that my dad didn't think of first is deemed a racket or racketeering. Horse camp was at the top of his racket list recently.

Anyhow, Stella was horse crazy this past year and felt the need to own one of these creatures. She had her 9th birthday this winter at the local stables and wanted to go back for camp. We fell for it or at least her mother and grandmother did.

At camp the kids learn to clean the horses hooves, groom them, feed them and clean stables. They are essentially hired hands that are hired by their parents to take care of someone elses horse. Well, it's not quite that bad. The kids do learn a lot and ride horses every day with swimming afterward.

The owner of the stables and camp director is a woman I'll call C. She isn't exactly the horse whisperer. C must have taken care of an elderly relative that was partially or nearly deaf. Her volume control seems to have broken and is stuck on loud. The last day she scolded Stella for not handling her horse just so. In case you don't know Stella, she tends to hold a grudge....for a long time.

It may have been worth the 325 after all because we haven't heard another word about wanting a horse. Stella doesn't even want to go back to horse camp next year or ride a horse in the forseeable future.

3 comments:

Unknown said...

For her next birthday, you should give Stella $325 and take her to the horse track. There's a lot more to learn there.

Benjamin I Cole said...

Not a bad idea!

Sassy Molassy said...

Oh my god, if that is not Amy Ballinger sitting up on that horse!