Friday, September 12, 2008

Amy learns to "drive"

I will admit prior to moving to Switzerland I don't think I have touched a horse since that pony ride at Kristen Kip's 5th birthday party. I think there are pictures laying around some where to prove it...me crying for the entire 5 minute excursion. I guess you can say I am pretty much a city boy, not much cowboy in this here blood. Therefore, the edited version of Amy's riding lesson is from the city boy's perspective. Enjoy!!

Sunday, September 7, 2008

Hiking in the Swiss Alps Sept 7th 2008

This is a map of the hiking trip we took this past Sunday. The map was generated with the tracking feature of the GARMIN GPS unit, overlaid on a GOOGLE MAP. Click on the green triangle at the bottom to see the direction and elevation along the trail route. You can also click on the title to go to the full view of the trip, statistics, zoom in and out, etc. Pretty Cool!

Hiking Trip above Aigle 7 Sept 2008

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Friday, September 5, 2008

Our Roommates?

Here is a video of the horses we live with on the farm.  There are 17 horses on the farm and they go out daily for some exercise before the riders come.  Here is a video of the first group heading out for their morning romp in the fields and some grazing.  They are absolutely beautiful!
Boubi is the first one out, then Hardy, next is Tonner (my favorite, the big brown and white tinker horse), then Akuba and Aricof (they are best pals), and finally Senor.