{"id":1522,"date":"2020-06-28T13:11:13","date_gmt":"2020-06-28T13:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/?p=1522"},"modified":"2022-04-05T18:22:39","modified_gmt":"2022-04-05T18:22:39","slug":"horseback-riding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/?p=1522","title":{"rendered":"Horseback Riding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Horseback riding is an activity we never thought about for Lucas and Henry. \u00a0Lucas and Henry have never expressed interest in it.\u00a0 We have not done any organized activities since March. We came across an opportunity for horseback riding lessons at Big Sky Ranch in San Juan Del Sur (https:\/\/www.bigskyranchnicaragua.com\/).\u00a0 We decided to give it a try and the boys love it.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1522 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/?attachment_id=1531'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2016\" height=\"1512\" src=\"https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_2813.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1531\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_2813.jpg 2016w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_2813-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_2813-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_2813-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_2813-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2016px) 100vw, 2016px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1531'>\n\t\t\t\tLucas is riding Poncho The fastest horse of the group.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/?attachment_id=1523'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1512\" height=\"2016\" src=\"https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_1997-rotated.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1523\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_1997-rotated.jpg 1512w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_1997-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_1997-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_1997-1152x1536.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1512px) 100vw, 1512px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1523'>\n\t\t\t\tHenry is riding Negro. Negro was hungry during the lesson and kept eating the grass\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>It was great to get up in the morning and have an activity to go to. There were 4 other kids in the group. Everyone wore masks when in close proximity and washed hands (except the horses).<\/p>\n<p>The lessons are an hour long. The kids brush the horses, help put on the saddle, and then get to ride around the property.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-1522 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/?attachment_id=1524'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2016\" height=\"1512\" src=\"https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_2793.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_2793.jpg 2016w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_2793-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_2793-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_2793-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_2793-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2016px) 100vw, 2016px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/?attachment_id=1533'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1512\" height=\"2016\" src=\"https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_2826.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_2826.jpg 1512w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_2826-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_2826-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_2826-1152x1536.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1512px) 100vw, 1512px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/?attachment_id=1525'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2016\" height=\"1512\" src=\"https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_2795.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_2795.jpg 2016w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_2795-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_2795-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_2795-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_2795-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2016px) 100vw, 2016px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/?attachment_id=1530'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2016\" height=\"1512\" src=\"https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_2810.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_2810.jpg 2016w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_2810-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_2810-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_2810-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_2810-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2016px) 100vw, 2016px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The ranch is also home to kittens that melted our hearts.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-1522 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/?attachment_id=1526'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1512\" height=\"2016\" src=\"https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_2796.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_2796.jpg 1512w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_2796-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_2796-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_2796-1152x1536.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1512px) 100vw, 1512px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/?attachment_id=1534'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1512\" height=\"2016\" src=\"https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_2840.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_2840.jpg 1512w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_2840-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_2840-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_2840-1152x1536.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1512px) 100vw, 1512px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/?attachment_id=1527'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1512\" height=\"2016\" src=\"https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_2800-rotated.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_2800-rotated.jpg 1512w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_2800-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_2800-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_2800-1152x1536.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1512px) 100vw, 1512px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Animals have a positive effect on Lucas and Henry. It seems that being around animals stimulates endorphin production. It makes them happy. Lucas and Henry are signed up for the next five weeks. We are excited to have this weekly organized activity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Horseback riding is an activity we never thought about for Lucas and Henry. \u00a0Lucas and Henry have never expressed interest in it.\u00a0 We have not done any organized activities since March. We came across an opportunity for horseback riding lessons at Big Sky Ranch in San Juan Del Sur (https:\/\/www.bigskyranchnicaragua.com\/).\u00a0 We decided to give it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1529,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[119,5],"tags":[16,23,26,14,15],"class_list":["post-1522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-central-america","category-travel","tag-family-travel","tag-nicaragua","tag-san-juan-del-sur","tag-travel-with-kids","tag-worldschooling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1522"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1522\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1537,"href":"https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1522\/revisions\/1537"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}