{"id":820,"date":"2013-01-14T04:34:52","date_gmt":"2013-01-14T04:34:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ewens.net.nz\/familyadventure\/?p=820"},"modified":"2013-01-14T04:34:52","modified_gmt":"2013-01-14T04:34:52","slug":"horse-back-riding-on-the-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ewens.net.nz\/familyadventure\/?p=820","title":{"rendered":"Horse Back Riding on the Beach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Hello Everyone,<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Whilst we were in Rarotonga Kylie and I went horse-riding on the beach. Her horse&#8217;s name was Betty and mine Bernie. The ride started off along some of the inner roads of the island. After a while we exited the inner island roads and crossed the main road to the beach.<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_822\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ewens.net.nz\/familyadventure\/?attachment_id=822\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-822\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-822\" class=\"size-large wp-image-822\" alt=\"Riding towards the beach.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ewens.net.nz\/familyadventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/P1050876-1024x768.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ewens.net.nz\/familyadventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/P1050876-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.ewens.net.nz\/familyadventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/P1050876-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-822\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Riding towards the beach.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_823\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ewens.net.nz\/familyadventure\/?attachment_id=823\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-823\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-823\" class=\"size-large wp-image-823\" alt=\"ooh, that looks cool and blue.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ewens.net.nz\/familyadventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/P1050877-1024x768.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ewens.net.nz\/familyadventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/P1050877-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.ewens.net.nz\/familyadventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/P1050877-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-823\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ooh, that looks cool and blue.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_824\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ewens.net.nz\/familyadventure\/?attachment_id=824\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-824\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-824\" class=\"size-large wp-image-824\" alt=\"The beach, finally!\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ewens.net.nz\/familyadventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/P1050878-1024x768.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ewens.net.nz\/familyadventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/P1050878-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.ewens.net.nz\/familyadventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/P1050878-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-824\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The beach, finally!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_825\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ewens.net.nz\/familyadventure\/?attachment_id=825\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-825\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-825\" class=\"size-large wp-image-825\" alt=\"Ah, so nice and cold.  I am sure the horse liked it, too!\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ewens.net.nz\/familyadventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/P1050882-1024x768.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ewens.net.nz\/familyadventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/P1050882-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.ewens.net.nz\/familyadventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/P1050882-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-825\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ah, so nice and cold. I am sure the horse liked it, too!<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em>I had \u00a0never swam a horse or gone any faster then a walk riding on the beach. I was extremely excited and couldn&#8217;t wait to pick up the pace. The horses we were riding were typical trail horses who knew their route and where to change gait or go into the water. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Kylie and I hardly did any stearing and just sat along and went for the ride. \u00a0<\/em><em>My horse did heaps of cantering along the beach. His canter was very choppy. \u00a0Sadly Kylie didn&#8217;t get very many canters because she figured out her horse was lame and she didn&#8217;t want to injure it any more. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I really enjoyed the cantering! It also felt weird to ride in shorts, Birkenstocks and without a helmet. Trailing my feet in the water was extremely refreshing.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>See Everyone soon<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Tessa<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello Everyone, Whilst we were in Rarotonga Kylie and I went horse-riding on the beach. Her horse&#8217;s name was Betty and mine Bernie. The ride started off along some of the inner roads of the island. 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