school for cowboys

When we asked Raivo (at age 5) if he was ready to go to school, he told us that he wanted to go to school only if it was a school that would teach him how to ride horses. The only time Raivo had been on a horse was when I was 3 months pregnant with him, riding up the trail along Chile's Cochamo Valley. He had been able to approach and touch the horses on Isla Navarino, but never mounted one. 

Thanks to Tomas Marusic, the kids' first riding lesson in Natales was bareback, on the horses living on his huerto.

Puerto Natales, Provincia de Última Esperanza, Region XII CHILE (abril de 2016)

Puerto Natales, Provincia de Última Esperanza, Region XII CHILE (abril de 2016)

Puerto Natales, Provincia de Última Esperanza, Region XII CHILE (abril de 2016)

Puerto Natales, Provincia de Última Esperanza, Region XII CHILE (abril de 2016)

Puerto Natales, Provincia de Última Esperanza, Region XII CHILE (abril de 2016)

Puerto Natales, Provincia de Última Esperanza, Region XII CHILE (abril de 2016)

Puerto Natales, Provincia de Última Esperanza, Region XII CHILE (abril de 2016)

huerto horses, puerto natales

Pearl's eyes through the pasture gate. Puerto Natales,
Provinicia Última Esperanza- CHILE / XII Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena (octubre de 2015)

Tormentina trie to ride the macho caballo. Puerto Natales,
Provinicia Última Esperanza- CHILE / XII Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena (octubre de 2015)

"No, I don't see her much since she started with horses..." (Jonathan Richmond)
Provinicia Última Esperanza- CHILE / XII Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena (octubre de 2015)

Pensive Pearl in the huerto pastures of Puerto Natales.
Provinicia Última Esperanza- CHILE / XII Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena (octubre de 2015)

Provinicia Última Esperanza- CHILE / XII Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena (octubre de 2015)