Last June, both riders and non-riders went for a one-week trip to the Alentejo Estate Ride in Portugal. This was in the interior of the country, East of Lisbon. Everybody participated in a day trip to the Atlantic Ocean, a tour of Alter do Chao, one of two national Lusitano stud farms, and watched a Portuguese bull fight. The riders rode from one estate to the next on superb horses, while the non-riders took sightseeing tours to local points of interest. The HRC stayed on the estates and country inns, enjoying gracious hospitality and great meals. Another highlight were the fantastic lunch picnics in the countryside under the Portuguese cork trees. We could count the total number of cars we saw in seven days on just two hands.