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It started to heat up early:
Q. How do you keep cool when you are camping in TX?
Q. How do you keep cool when you are camping in TX? A. Stick your head in a bucket full of water.
The big adventure of the day was our horseback riding trip. The stable had openings at 4:00 P.M. and they told us to come 20 minutes early to get signed up. 
I had everyone drinking lemonade and water before we went because it was so hot, and that turned out to be a good idea. 17 of us left for the one hour ride and 7 of us came back. About 20 minutes into the ride we stopped, because a couple of the other riders were getting sick. One little girl that was there with her grandparents actually threw up on her horse, and another girl turned gray and passed out on her horse. They both had to get off of their horses. The guides said this had never happened before. One of the three guides rode off to get help, the owner/guide stayed behind to help, and the last guide took us back after about 20 just sitting in the sun.
Throughout the ride Colleen had her hands full, because her horse kept trying to leave the trail and run back to the stable. Colleen’s horse kept biting the other horses and at one point it got
spooked by some people on a cliff and reared up and started to take off. One of the guides had been right behind her until we had to stop for the sick girls. August’s first horse kept backing up, but after we stopped for the heat stroking girls one of the guides switched with him. We finally made it back to the stable after an hour and a half, and everyone was toast. We went right to the car and grabbed some water, and then we hit the trading post for Gatorade. On our way back to the campsite we saw two ambulances and a fire truck. They were taking the sick girls out of the canyon. 
Even with everything that happened; the kids had a great time and really enjoyed horse riding.
I had everyone drinking lemonade and water before we went because it was so hot, and that turned out to be a good idea. 17 of us left for the one hour ride and 7 of us came back. About 20 minutes into the ride we stopped, because a couple of the other riders were getting sick. One little girl that was there with her grandparents actually threw up on her horse, and another girl turned gray and passed out on her horse. They both had to get off of their horses. The guides said this had never happened before. One of the three guides rode off to get help, the owner/guide stayed behind to help, and the last guide took us back after about 20 just sitting in the sun.Throughout the ride Colleen had her hands full, because her horse kept trying to leave the trail and run back to the stable. Colleen’s horse kept biting the other horses and at one point it got
spooked by some people on a cliff and reared up and started to take off. One of the guides had been right behind her until we had to stop for the sick girls. August’s first horse kept backing up, but after we stopped for the heat stroking girls one of the guides switched with him. We finally made it back to the stable after an hour and a half, and everyone was toast. We went right to the car and grabbed some water, and then we hit the trading post for Gatorade. On our way back to the campsite we saw two ambulances and a fire truck. They were taking the sick girls out of the canyon. 
Even with everything that happened; the kids had a great time and really enjoyed horse riding.
Ashley had the best horse it followed the guide all she had to do was hang on.
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