Ridding

There is something really nice about the landscape around Brasilia, this serrado. Smooth hills covered with a savanah-like vegetation, very quickly we feel like if we are in the middle of nowhere, kilometers away from our house, yet closer to our house than to the kids' school.  Set behind some small hills, there is a small ranch - one of many, where we chose to spend the day with friends. We arrived in the late morning and the kids spent explored their surroundings and meet the animals. Even if very basic, the main building definitely has a "ranch" style to it, with its large furnished covered porched, while further away a long shed is a very rudimentary shelter for the animals. We took a long ride after lunch, walking deep into a tall pinewood forest, on a red earth track. Our horses knew the way, it was not really necessary to direct them much, with the except my mount who unfortunately did not like the brushing of my ski boot to his side. The kids loved riding, and asked for more, specially after the aery sight of a young six-years old girl who was riding saddle-free a galloping horse around and around the buildings.

   
bear with me, it is difficult to take good shots while riding AND holding a child!!