Archive for the 'Uruguay' Category

Uruguay Blog (Day 4)

Monday, June 13th, 2005

Day 4 - After breakfast we were rather sorry to be leaving this lovely place, but we had a good stretch to cover before reaching our next destination, Parada Arteaga. We rode out on our criollo horses across a vast meadow where black angus grazed onto a dirt track and into a forest of [...]

Uruguay Blog (Day 3)

Monday, June 13th, 2005

Day 3 – In the morning we were off in the bus to meet the horses and Paula and our gaucho had them saddled up and ready to go. The day was beautiful and sunny with balmy weather and no thought of raincoats. It was a delight after the wind and clouds of [...]

Uruguay Blog (Day 2)

Monday, June 13th, 2005

Day 2 – We had breakfast quite late in the morning and then mounted up to for the first leg of our ride toward the Estancia San Pedro de Timote. The morning was windy, cloudy and cool with a little rain now and then so we all wore our raincoats, but were quite comfortable [...]