Horse show travels: Augusta, GA

A recent horse show took me and a coworker to Augusta, Georgia, for the Augusta Futurity. The show is put on by the parent company of my company, so my duties were a lot more involved than usual. In addition to my normal event coverage, I also helped my coworker put together a program for Saturday night's finals, which consisted of interviewing tons of people and writing lots of little profiles about them. I had a good time at the show in spite of the cold, wet Augusta weather. For example, I woke up to this one morning:

It's not as impressive since it had already started melting, but that didn't stop children from running around outside my hotel room screaming "DO YOU WANT TO BUILD A SNOWMAN???!??!" while throwing snowballs at each other.

Though we weren't staying on the Riverwalk, we drove over to check it out one chilly afternoon. It was beautiful in winter, and I imagine it's even prettier in spring.

 

Also, during some rare time off, I drove over to Aiken, South Carolina so that I could cross another state off my list. I chose Aiken because I read that it was a pretty horse-friendly city, and I think that description serves it well. There are parts of the town where the roads are dirt, and you'll see signs at intersections that say, "Yield to horses in intersection." We saw several people out driving horses or riding, and there were big parks for people to train in.

My next show is Texas-based, so I have no idea right now which state I'll find myself in next. All I know is that we need to get reining, cutting or cow horse events up in the Northeast states so that I can travel there! I need to cross one more state off my list to be halfway to 50!