HORSEBACK RIDING WITH LINDAWe just spent our third vacation in a row on the North Shore of Oahu. Each fall we've rented a house on the beach and for the past two years we convinced our good friends, Christi and Dan Schimpke, to go with us. Actually this year it took no convincing.
We made a couple of new discoveries this year. One is a great horseback riding tour in Kahuku with a retired woman cop named Linda. She (and her horses) were really good with the less experienced rider and let us open the horses up on the beach. The ride started at Linda's stable and cut over some gorgeous North Shore rural farm land.
Within minutes the dirt trail became sand and we were on a long abandoned stretch of beach. My horse, Opal, the self appointed alpha female, was half Arabian and half quarter horse and she took off like a shot. When everyone caught up Linda tried to assemble the group for a photo, which was pretty amusing. Christi's horse, Peaches, is a retired polo horse, vying for a promotion in the group. At one point I looked back just as Peaches had bitten Mr. Krinkles who was bucking sideways. Rick, the greenhorn of the group, hung on like J. J. Elshere. Dan's horse, Sunfire, was the laid back horse who seemed to get along with everyone.
We wound through some trees and the trail ran along the edge of Kahuku Golf Course, a reasonably priced public course if you're so inclined. We passed a nicely located old graveyard that dated back to the 1800's. Linda has a great gift of gab and knows and loves her horses. Pack a pair of jeans if you think you might ride. 808-293-8081
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