Our 11-year-old daughter just returned from a three-day trip with a group of riders from Kathy’s Friendly Western Riders. The stable is located in Steinbach, just outside of Frankfurt.

Kathy and Fred took the group from the Fohlenhof stable in Steinbach to Heftrich for three days and in between, other little side trips were taken.

Fred just mailed these pictures and I thought I would share them with you – Germany viewed on horseback.

Exploring the infamous German forest trails...

Great setting for Grimm Brothers tales

Germany in autumn

Our daughter took the next couple of pictures.

Coming down the hill in Körloff

The sun is going down in Heftrich.

This annual trip is usually held once in July and September. For more information about riding at the Fohlenhof, visit Kathy’s Friendly Western Riders.

A bunch of seasonal flowers from a friend's Schrebergarten

Our garden near Schlossborn/Taunus

... hosting our own fire place.

October is nature’s funeral month. Nature glories in death more than in life.

- Henry Ward Beecher -