[jhynesrockmtn]

I ran a small non profit for a few years that did equine therapy. We used horses as a tool to provide physical and occupational therapy to children and adults who were disabled and veterans with ptsd. It is a noble mission but the care for the horses is just constant and expensive. Unless you are on donated land with something like this, it will never be financially sustainable. I thought I'd grow to love being around horses and riding. I took lessons. Fed them, mucked stalls, loaded hay, all of it. It never took. There are horse people and everyone else. It has to be a lifestyle.

My son is in the process of exiting the military. It will happen after he gets back from Korea next summer. He is looking for land now. They want a "hobby farm" and his lovely wife wants a few horses. He understands pretty well what he is in for. We looked at 20 acres over the weekend. It will be interesting to see where they end up. We're hoping close to us so I'm happy for him to have that experience :-)