Horses Like Camping Too

By Karyn Temple

The beautiful weather June 5th - 7th, heralded in the Montgomery County Ohio Horseman Council’s Annual Sycamore Campout. This is the twelfth year for this annual event to enjoy the wonderful and ever changing park.

With the addition of the silver trail, Sycamore can now boast over twenty miles of horseback pleasure. Traversing through the various creeks, ravines, forest, old farm sites and Ohio prairie the rider can pick from a short two-hour ride to an all day event.

The campground filled with approximately nine rigs with horses and 45 additional day riders showed up throughout the 3-day event to enjoy the horse trails, wildlife, campfire, food and camaraderie. A special thanks goes to the club’s Jerry Basham for mowing the trails for their enjoyment.

Some of the highlights of the weekend were Montgomery County’s OHC member Tom Pompei’ gave pony rides on Sunday to some small children that were camped in the same area. On Friday night, the hungry riders and campers thoroughly enjoyed the pizza from our local Broadway Café. On Saturday, six riders and trusty steeds enjoyed the full moon ride. Even with the aversion of a potential disaster of forbidden ATV riders screaming up on them, the ride was an appreciation of the night in our park. For safety, Please remember ATV’s are never allowed on the horse or hiking trails.

For additional pictures and information on this wonderful Local Park and the events shared by the over one hundred and thirty equine families that belong to our OHC Club, please visit www.MontgomeryCountyOHC.com .

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