Q: We would love to take our family (the kids will be 12, 6 and 5) to a New England resort in the summertime. The children would like horseback riding, swimming and a kids’ club. We would like beautiful scenery, hiking and antiquing. Any ideas? We asked Sue Norrington-Davies, a Brit who runs Discover New England, a Web site funded by the region’s six member states (802-253-2500; …

By the time Bill Inman and his wife Brenda get home they will have traveled many thousands of miles on a journey from the Oregon to Washington, DC, on horseback that took them eight-and-a-half months to arrive in time for the Memorial Day Parade.

Sea Island, an 80-year-old resort on the Georgia coast, has undergone a five-year renovation. With new swimming pools, riding stables and special events for kids, it’s now an ideal — if pricey — family destination.

Haven of Hope Equine Ministry will take place on Saturday from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Forrest Farm, 11900 N. County Road 100-W., Muncie. The event is free and open to all children in grades 1-12. The children will participate in horseback riding, lawn games and cookout.

If you’re looking for new recreational options this summer, the Bureau of Land Management has opportunities on the public land it shepherds. Like what? Well, hiking, river rafting, fishing, camping, mountain biking, horseback riding, geocaching. Come winter, you can throw in snowmobiling, cross-country skiing and snowshoeing.

Riding High Farm, a nonprofit that provides adaptive recreational and therapeutic horseback riding for special needs children and adults, is holding its annual friends and family festival from noon to 4 p.m. June 8 at the Riding High Farm, 145 Route 526, Allentown.

Nine-year-old Juliette Brown and her father were no strangers to horseback riding. Her father, Shane Brown, owned horses, including one that Juliette was on Saturday night when they went riding through Dutch Branch Park off State Highway 377 and Winscott Road in Benbrook.

Friends and schoolmates honored the life of a little girl who was killed over the weekend in a horseback riding accident. FOX 4′s Brandon Todd was at the touching vigil for Juliette Brown of Haltom City.

Friends and schoolmates honored the life of a little girl who was killed over the weekend in a horseback riding accident. FOX 4′s Brandon Todd was at the touching vigil for Juliette Jones of Haltom City.

What was meant to be a father-daughter day of riding horses turned into the father’s worst nightmare.  Nine-year-old Juliette Brown of Haltom City died in a horseback riding accident over the weekend.  ” I was screaming and screaming for somebody to help me and she just passed away in my arms,” her father said Monday.