We just got back from a glorious long weekend with another couple at Fort Valley Horse Camp. Fortunately, it was a idyllic Indian summer weekend. We rented a cabin, and had individual corrals for our horses. We finished the weekend by stopping on the way home at Sky Meadows, near Paris, Va to participate in a judged pleasure ride, with a theme of "You Might Be A Redneck If..." It was alot of fun! I found out I can easily ring a big bell off my horse, and pick clothes out of a basket (male partner had to find the pink bra, I had to find the star and stripes boxer shorts) and use clothes pins to hang on a clothes line, all from a horse, but need to work on the large plastic garbage bag full of tin cans!!!

Brenda

There are 3 cabins. If a party of six, you would want cabin one. It is the biggest. It has 3 full rooms, and a  porch. Cabin 2 sleeps 4, with bunkbeds and a fold out bed. Cabin 3, our choice for a party of 4(although advertised for 6), has 2 sets of bunk beds, a sofa and a fold out fouton. The cabins have nice kitchens, bath, dining table, small TV with Directv hookup. They provide cooking and eating utensils, you provide bedding and towels. Outside of each cabin is a fire ring and picnic table. The cabins look over a pond...very nice. The covered corrals are right next to the cabins....easy access to tend your horses. The regular corrals are also very close to the cabins and camp sites. The website will also help answer your questions.

Enjoy!

If you are interested in the Southern, PA area, and are historically minded, you could do 3 days of battlefield riding. There is a horse camp at Artillary Ridge camp ground, adjacent to the Gettysburg Battlefield. Gettysburg bridle trails are a little rocky in a few spots, not bad at all. You could then haul to Antietam Battlefield, about a one hour pull from Gettysburg. They have bridle paths, with much of it in the grass along the park roads. You can actually ride over Burnside Bridge,which was a thrill for me, knowing the history. For a long day over mainly MULCHED, yes mulched trails, a 2 hour pull from Gettyburg will get you to Manassas Battlefield. You can easily do 6 hours there if you like, or shorter loops. The historical society that maintains the trails do a remarkable job! You can contact the visitor centers of Antietam & Gettysburg to get maps, with Manassas's being online. A 1 hour haul from Gettyburg will get you to Michaux State forest. There is even primitive camping at the Teaberry lot. You can ride for days in Michaux. There are mark trails and lots of forest roads. The amount of rock varies, but you can certainly find trails that do not have much. Hope this helps!

Brenda