Tagged: horses

Hold Your Horses: How Animal-Free Electric Carriages Could Replace Horse-Drawn Carriage Tours

On a whirl though Philadelphia’s historic city center, our family’s unusual outing attracted a steady stream of craned necks from curious passersby, accompanied by camera clicks and…

What Is Skijoring? The Wild Western Winter Sport You've Got to See

Imagine waterskiing, but on ice instead of water, and behind a galloping horse instead of a motorboat. That should give you a pretty good picture of skijoring. It's a Wild West winter…

Thinking About a Dude Ranch Vacation This Summer? Tips from an Expert

The horse may just replace the racecar, space ship and James Bond-helmed motorboat as the whiz-bang mode of transportation this summer. I make that prediction after watching the…

Slope Specs: There's No Place Like Stowe Place

Skiing began on Mt. Mansfield, the future Stowe Resort, in the 1930s when stalwart locals hiked up the old carriage road to the summit of Vermont's highest peak and skied back down.…