Story and a question

Wow, Bragg cost pricey! Have you thought about searching for a horse around the area for an off-farm lease and boarding it at Bragg?

My husband is deploying and I'm just moving to NC with my daughter, and it just happens that where I'll be staying is right outside of Bragg, so we're not PCSing (permanently stationed) there. Smith Lake Stables only allows active duty members and their families who are stationed there to board. I can understand that, but it's still disappointing. Boarding is $80 without paddock.

I checked EVERYWHERE. I came on here and found a thread that suggested a complete list of sites. I looked at them all and came up with nothing. This one woman I found on Craigslist was leasing out her TWH for $75/month, where all I had to do was show up and ride, but she wasn't giving lessons and didn't want an outside instructor coming in.

There will probably be a lot of opportunities that you can't find on the internet. Once you get there look in the papers and ask around.

I was on vacation once and did a riding program. They had one horse that would either take off on riders or try to get rid of them in other ways. One day I got on him and he was perfectly fine. I even rode him bareback (in a lesson, we all did bareback) and he was very good to me (first time I ever rode bareback so I was a little unsure, but he made sure I stayed on). So the next lesson I asked if I can ride him and the trainer said: "You don't have any competition, here you go!" And I kept riding him from then on. We just really liked each other. I was sad when I had to leave.