🏜 Horseback Riding in the Okanagan 🏜

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It’s spring time here in the South Okanagan, and I can hear the birds chirping when I wake up each morning! The workers at the vineyards and orchards are busy trimming, and I’m excited to see the when the flowers start to bloom. It will be a very colorful sight! And the golf course at the resort, Sonora Dunes opens! Because now its very nice and sunny all the time! The temperature is about 15C (59F). The daylight is longer, and I enjoyed watching the sunset behind the mountain from the balcony of the condo we’re staying. And because it’s so nice to be outside, we decided to go horseback riding at a place very close to Spirit Ridge Resort where we are staying.


March 8, 2021; spring is definitely here

It is just a two minutes walk. Once we arrived at the stable, we waited for our horses to get saddled up before we could ride them. I was assigned to a horse named Thunder, my mom was assigned Chubby, and my dad’s horse was Tiny Tim. But that horse was FAR from tiny! 😂 he was probably the biggest horse there! I brought my bike helmet along to keep my brain safe 😜 if the horse ever wanted to get rid of meee! I mounted Thunder and let him wander around the pen until it was time to go! Once everyone else was on their horses, we went off into the dessert! It’s not a true dessert, but dessert-like region in Canada. Click here to read my post about Osoyoos, British Columbia. Thunder, my horse was a bit jumpy at the start, but by the end of the ride he was fine. Our guide said most of the horses they had were wild horses. Maybe that’s why!

We went all the way through the desert, and mostly silver sage brush and antelope brush growing in the dessert. This area we rode was actually another piece of indigenous land. You had to get special permission from the Osoyoos Indian Band to be on the land, and the only way to get on the land was to take a horse back riding tour with a guide. It was a nice horsey walk on a nice (er… horsey?) day. It was an hour ride through the brush land with the nice view or Osoyoos Lake and the cascade mountains. The rest of the ride was very nice and peaceful!

When we go for a walk, we bring carrots to fed the horses. This picture was taken two weeks ago, as you can see I’m still wearing a thicker jacket and my toque!

Here’s a video of our ride. You can follow me on my YouTube Channel or on my Instagram to see my day to day post.

Do you like horses? Have you ever been horse back riding?

31 thoughts on “🏜 Horseback Riding in the Okanagan 🏜”

  4. Another great day. That is an en amazing area. I think I saw that you were the lead horse on the trail

    I guess he knows where to go

    Love the pictures

  9. I love horseback riding ❤️

    We did that in Colorado and also in New Mexico

    Was really awesome!! Sometimes would be next to cliffs 😳😮 but those horses are massively sturdy and very well footed with those paths ❤️

    Also… my family is from New England area of the United States … my sister lives in Maine…

    Believe it or not – there is a desert of Maine …

    Maine has a desert area!! 😮 lol when I tell people that – they have hard time believing because is Maine – what is desert doing in Maine? Of all places lol

    It is located in Freeport, Maine … and is called the desert of Maine

    It’s really cool – maybe one day I do a post – I have a few old photos of the Desert of Maine – I have some funny stories with it too

    Crazy how actual deserts can be located in areas you would never think that of!

    1. Super cool! I live in New Brunswick, so I’ve been to Maine lots of times before 🙂 Thank you for reading!

  10. I love horseback riding! Actually today I got to ride my first horse bareback! It was kinda hard to stay on, especially when we trotted!

    1. That’s awesome! I’ve trotted before, it is VERY BUMPY 😜 good thing you didn’t fall off

  11. Aww love the pics of you all horse back riding!! That looks like it was super fun!!
    Thanks for sharing!
    *hugs
    -kaelyn 😛

  12. So delighted you had this experience. My daughter, Susan, is an expert horse person and has authored a comprehensive book on horses’ hooves. I’m forwarding this post to her. All the best, Muriel

    1. That’s cool! Maybe I’ll read your daughter’s book! Thank you for reading!🤍

  13. So glad you got to enjoy some time with horses. They are very special animals with so much to offer us, if we offer the best of ourselves to them in turn. I work with horses and write about them for a living. If you ever become a horse owner yourself, you might want to check out my book, “The Essential Hoof Book” which is all about their feet!

    1. Cool! I don’t think I’ll ever become a horse owner, but ya never know! Horses are neat! 🤍

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