We require all horses staying with
us to have been wormed within the last six weeks and to be current
on Coggins, vet checks and vaccinations for West Nile, Potomac Fever, Eastern & Western sleeping
sickness, tetanus & flu.
It is best to target your arrival between 3-6 p.m. anticipating
delays as we've had many arrive from midnight to 4 a.m. If you want to get an early start, we can
provide a brown bag breakfast of fruit and breads and directions for the coffeemaker. From 7 a.m.
or later, you can have a full breakfast.
We have added four stalls and two run-ins to our old wooden
tobacco barn, built in the 1870s. The stalls are large and well ventilated, bedded with shavings.
There are bucket hooks and feed boxes each stall. The lower five feet is wooden, with boards
spaced less than 2" apart. The top is extruded metal, capped with safety strips. There is at
least one light in each stall and a water spigot across from the tack room.
Getting into the barn requires your horse to either walk up a
short earthen ramp or step about 18" over one of the 130-year-old beams. This has not been a
problem for any of our horses from our 34-year-old Arab to our foals who stepped over it at a few
months of age. If you see this as an insurmountable obstacle for your horse, please stay
elsewhere.
If you are traveling with a single horse, we can allow one or
more of our horses to stay in the run-in, as a visible companion. If you prefer to let your horses
move a bit more while you spend the night with us, they can stay in the grass riding arena. It has
board fence on two sides and white-coated Australian high tensile wire on the other two. We
usually keep a water tank in there. The gate is past the house, across from the school-bus
turnaround. We do not have facilities for campers.
As you turn down Stevens Road, watch for other vehicles. The
road is barely wide enough for two large vehicles to pass. Should you see one, simply stop and
wait for it to back into a driveway or go around you. During the school year (mid-Aug. to
mid-May), do not start down Stevens at exactly 7 or 8 a.m. or 3 or 4 p.m. or you are likely to
meet the school bus.
If you have a delay, please let us know as soon as possible.
We have schedules that we have rearranged to meet you at your prearranged arrival times. Have a
safe and surprise-free trip!
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