My inaugural post, as I enter the cyber-world of social media! "Social media" used to mean a party-line telephone didn't it? Though this is all new to me, I'm fairly cyber-savvy so I'll pick it up in good time.
The creation of this blog is in conjunction with the launch of our company's new name and website, Blue Sky Sage Horseback Adventures at www.blueskysage.com My husband Mike and I have worked in the horseback riding vacation industry for over 30 years in Wyoming. Our endeavor for the past ten years has been the active horseback adventure company we started as High Wild & Lonesome Horseback Adventures. As we've grown and our customers have reflected on their experiences, the new name seemed to better capture what the horse and wilderness experience with us is all about.
Our daughters Amanda and Emily have grown up in the business and have taken the skills and work ethic the gained from those years into their own endeavors. Amanda is in college, will be getting married in July, and has started her own small company featuring her handmade, beaded jewelry, Accessories by Amanda. Emily is passionate about sled dog racing and maintains her own racing kennel, Powderhounds Sled Dog Racing, which is no small feat for a 15-year old. She still works for Blue Sky Sage full-time as a camp cook and wrangler, in addition to going to high school online year 'round.
This is the time of year when things start getting busy for us, riding horses to get their minds back on the business of carrying people on their backs all day long as we hit a lope across the sagebrush; stocking the cookhouse with all the supplies to prepare wonderful meals over the campfire in a Dutch oven; and of course, booking new and returning guests for a unique week of horseback riding with a handful of other enthusiastic horsewomen who come to the West to leave their day-to-day life behind and focus on themselves and a good horse.
I may be a bit erratic in keeping the blog updated, but will try to get to it at least once a week during the season and more often if I can. Thanks for joining us and "hoka hey." (This is a Lakota phrase, loosely translated it means to "be in the moment", which is what you always have to be when you are around horses in any manner).
