I know what you mean Marla. My husband and I went to visit in Chicago in April 2008 and as soon as we landed in Chicago we drove up to Wisconsin and stayed a weekend with my aunt and uncle in Wisconsin Rapids.. And then on Monday we spent the day at Saddlebrook. I loved seeing all the horses. I got to meet Finnegan and also Roxys foal (drawing a blank on names right now lol)... we missed seeing Fanny foal last year by about 5 hours. We got to meet some of the other buddies including Deb and Amy. We had a great time... My husband probably didnt enjoy it as much as I did. Hes not a big animal person (working on that lol).. But we had a great time and got lots of pictures of the horses and animals there.