We spent almost 6 weeks with friends from Arizona this summer. They arrived the second of June and stayed and camped at our place in Merritt before we headed to one of my favorite places to camp with our horses in our area Lundbom Lake Grasslands.  Horse Campsite Horse campsite Here is a link to the bike/horse trails you can download an app for The riding in this area is fabulous. Beautiful grasslands, mountain views and lakes all around. Get your fishing license too because the trout are biting in Lundbom Lake.  Heading out on the trail from ..read more

Image via Pixabay When your dog is part of the family, you don’t want to leave him out of the fun when the gang goes on vacation. Of course, traveling with a dog has its issues. From transportation to accommodations, you’re going to have to make special arrangements for your precious pooch. If you want a stress-free (or at least less stressful), dog-friendly vacation, you can do it with these easy tips. Choose a dog-friendly destination. There’s no point in bringing Fido on vacation if he can’t have fun. Fortunately, there are plenty of dog-friendly cities across America that are ..read more

HOUSTON MESA HORSE CAMP  This camp is located in Payson Arizona and opens the first of March. When coming through Payson the turn into the camp is right across from Home Depot. The regular camp is on the left side coming in but the Horse camp is on the right side. Beautiful campsites with large pull through for even the largest of rigs.  Trail head is at site 11. Only 2 hours from the Phoenix area up off Hwy 87. You will see lots of wildlife. Beautiful scenic trail ..read more

A few years ago we stumbled across a ranch in Southern Utah called Paria Canyon Guest Ranch it was going to be a one night stay on our way home from Arizona in the spring of 2014.  It was a cool little ranch at the bottom of the Grand Staircase Escalante next to the Paria River.  We where only planning on staying one night because it was a little pricey to stay there then what we are use too and 2 we wanted to ride Bryce before we headed home to Canada. Well as you can tell if you go back to my April 2014 blogs we stayed almost a week. The riding here was like non other cool slot can ..read more

ARE YOU PLANNING A CAMPING TRIP SOUTH WITH YOUR HORSES THIS WINTER. Getting ready to travel long distance with live animals is not always and easy task. If your like us and you are planning on leaving Canada or some where from the north. You are traveling all the way to the southern U.S.A to find some warmer weather to ride and camp.  There is a lot of planning before you hit the road.  Is you truck and trailer ready to go?? Here is a link to a "check list" of what you should do before leaving home with your truck and trailer.   http://www.campingandhorses.com/truckcheck ..read more

CAMPING IN BRITISH COLUMBIA Sorry I have not done a lot of Blogging in the past year. We have been very busy around our ranch and did not get away much this past year. We did how ever get away a few times this summer to some of our favorite spots and even some new ones. We also planning our winter get away to Arizona in January. Lundbom Lake campsite and grasslands, One of our very favorite horse camping sites. It is close to home and just beautiful in the late spring and early summer months. Beautiful breath taking grasslands with endless wild flowers everywhere. There are 9 campsites arou ..read more

HIDDEN VALLEY RUSTIC HORSE CAMP This beautiful hidden camp is located just before Mamitt Lake in the Beautiful Nicola Valley area between Merritt and Logan Lake. Follow the Mamitt Lake road (Hwy 97C) when you head out of Merritt towards Spencer's Bridge you will the sign for Logan Lake off Hwy 8 it is about 5 minutes out of town on the right side Hwy 97C (Mamitt Lake road). Follow the road for about 26k just before head down the hill towards Mamitt Lake you will see the signs on the left for Hidden Valley Rustic Horse camp. You can see much for the home and barn up top but once ..read more

We started our year off in Arizona then Utah then Oregon coast. My last blog was riding the beaches of Oregon. Once we got home to British Columbia and our small farm in Merritt our first stop was going to be the "Kamloops Cowboy Festival" where some of our good friends down the highway  from us had their children entered in the Raising Star competition at the Cowboy Festival. They call them selves "Mack-Station".  There was 8 competitors in the competition most of them adults that had been singing for many years. The kids made it into the final 3 going onto the big stage and competi ..read more

Here is a map of the camping in Nehalem Bay State Park on the Oregon Coast. You go through the regular camp to get back to the horse camp. The horse camp does not have power but does have water. There are showers and restrooms in the main camp and portable pit toilets in the horse camp. Each camp has 2 well built log corrals, a picnic table and a fire pit. You can have up to 4 horses per camp but can not use you own fencing.   Here is a picture of one of the horse campsites.  Picture above of our horses in the corrals.  More corral shots.  Of course our other p ..read more