Reported by: Shannon Kettler
Web produced by: Jessica Noll
With gas prices at almost $4 a gallon, many are looking for cheaper ways to get around town.
Three Conner High students are avoiding the pain at the pump, by riding horseback to school.
"We was at the barn at six this morning and it took us about a 45-minute run from Route 8 to here," said student Patrick Anderson.
"I rode only like 20 minutes. It wasn't that bad. We rode right up the road behind traffic and everything," said student Shumekia Overstreet.
"No one's ever done it before. We're walking through the parking lot and everyone is stopping and looking. It’s like, yea we're on horses," said student Kristi McVay.
The clip-clopping horses trotting through the parking lot was a hard sight to miss.
The students said that the cost of oats to feed their horses named Candy, Lady and Sunny, is a lot cheaper than the price at the pump.
"Gas prices are up [and] my truck is a gas guzzler. And I'm sick and tired of always going
to the gas station and getting gas and not always having enough money to get gas so we needed a solution to get to school instead of riding the bus," said McVay.
The three are members of Future Farmers of America and their principal thought it would be a good lesson.
This is their first day riding to school horseback and they're hoping it won't be their last.
"Save a horse. Ride to school," said Anderson.
The students’ agriculture teacher made sure the horses had plenty of water and food.
On their way to school, the students passed a McDonald’s.
They ordered at the drive-thru, and got their breakfast on horseback.
