Over this second week have gotten to know the poeple we are staying with quite well and they are lovely and we all went out for Thai dinner together on Monday night. The weather here has turned very cold and while we were doing a 2hour walking tour of Wall St we nearly froze to death from the winds which made it hard to enjoy the tour (not to mention that there were thousands of Asians at the bull so we couldn't even get a proper photo). We have discovered th...

New York The easiest way to describe our New York trip thus far is to split it up into days because we have been very busy due to our awesome New York Passes. Day1 we managed to catch the 2hr bus from Tom's River to New York and arrived around 12:30 then purchased subway passess and made our way to our accommodation at Brooklyn. We then jumped straight back onto the train to go to Times square and pick up our 7day New York Passes that Mitch and Lisa gave u...

We have been making the most of our last week on the Ranch and riding every time we get a chance. Todd and his daughters took us up to his place for an adventure ride through a state park on his horses and it was the scariest ride I have ever been on, they love to gallop and jump up and down creek beds and hills through the forest and I have to admit I was glad to get home safely after 2 hours but Jesse absolutely loved it. We were lucky to have a week or tw...

Again we have had a busy week and have been fortunate enough to see many national parks and sights throughout New York State. The weather has turned uncharacteristically warm and all the locals seem to be talking about is how strange it is to be so warm at this time of year and that they usually still have 6 feet of snow for another month which means all the ski resorts etc have had to close down early but it suits Jesse and I perfectly especially because it ...

Our third week at the Ranch has been fantastic and we are now able to ride by ourselves whenever we want and have been exploring the different trails through the forest and still haven't managed to get lost. We have also been riding different horses because they all need to be exercised so its been fun getting to know their different personalities except for this one horse 'Calie' who bit me on my love handle while I was doing up her girth, I did know she was b...