Wow! I have never had such wonderful picnics in my entire life! In addition to “Nacho”, or guide, we were blessed with Danny, our support team. Danny moved our luggage from hotel to hotel, checked everyone’s girth before leaving, mixed up the horse feed for us to distribute, and most importantly…made our picnics!!
We would arrive somewhere after a few hours of riding and there would be a beautifully set table, complete with table cloth, ceramic dishes, and even flower arrangements! Each picnic included four courses (gazpacho, salad, main, and dessert), cava (local sparkling wine), AND red wine. This is living folks!
Despite rain, our first woodsy picnic!
Lunch for everyone!
Nacho and a cava toast.
One day we had lunch at a winery, which included tasting six (or seven?) different wines. I can’t remember! This was a lot of “firsts” for me: first time riding a horse to a winery, first time tying up said horse amongst the vineyards, first time having a wine tasting in my riding pants, paddock boots, and half chaps, first time trying to ride a few hours after a wine tasting. Needless to say…the post-winery ride was mostly walking!!
Look at all those paddock boots under the table!
Our last day we had our picnic on the beach. We celebrated our journey with TWO bottles of cava!
Nacho & Danny
True to Spanish style, each lunch stop also included a siesta! I only took advantage of the siesta time once, but this provided plenty of time to catch everyone else mid-zzzzzz’s!
Sarah & Vanessa
Patti
Nacho
One of the bays in a red halter is napping.
Picasso’s siesta – complete with saggy lower lip.
Sarah & Vanessa
Mom used a saddle pad to solve the “I’m napping on a stone wall” problem!
Why can’t regular life be filled with picnics and siestas?!