Not just horsin' around
May 16, 2020
3 minutes
BY MICHAEL FREEMAN
PHOTOGRAPHS BY WD PHOTOGRAPHY AND W. GARTH DOWLING
Astride her horse, Tenderfoot Scout Ritika Putta, 13, took a moment to enjoy the scenery as she rode along the beach.
It had been a long, busy weekend at California’s Half Moon Bay State Beach, just south of San Francisco, where she and her troop worked on orienteering skills, knots, knife and ax safety, native plant identification, first aid and cooking. A 90-minute ride was a relaxing way to end an intense campout.
“There were
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