SADDLE UP

We have four horses

and Mr. Gorgeous LOVES his horses
I am still in the 101 stages of learning about horses

I love them too

but they are big

and strong

and can hurt you

and run fast

and have a mind of their own sometimes

and can hurt you

 

For example

(don't worry, I am not hurt)

A couple of weeks ago we went with some friends on a Trail Ride 

only about a 3 hour ride, no big deal really

BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY

This was not my first rodeo folks

(ok....only my second)

I thought I'd be able to handle myself pretty good   

and my friend the whole while kept telling me

that she wasn't a good horse rider

pfssst.....well, she was freaking Calamity Jane compared to me

and her husband

well

you could call him Roy Rogers

or the Horse Whisperer

From left to right

Mr. Gorgeous

me....the horse whimp

Calamity Jane

Roy Rogers

I was impressed however by me and my friends horse STYLE

I had a blue helmet and blue blouse

and she was all in pink

good to know

that if the EMT's have to attend to you

you look color co-ordinated   

The ride started off just fine and I was feeling

confident----ish

But the trouble all started for me

when we had this big hill to go down

Well..........DANG

 the rest of my group handled it just fine

and mozeeed (new word..or spelling anyway)    on down

Well my heart started beating hard

and I was getting all panicy

I kept trying to tell my horse
 

OK...STEP HERE
NO...NOT THERE FREAKAZOID

I SAID STEP HERE
ok....FINE
step wherever you want

just do not kill me going down this hill   

(sometimes horses have a mind of their own..so I found out)    

 ....lo though I ride through the valley of death, 

I shall fear no horse.....

OK...so I survived (thanks to my little prayer) feeling a little less then horse savy

and then came our first ...FIRST I TELL YOU

river crossing

    (me and Roy Rogers)

Crossing the river was not really the big deal here

it was the going DOWN the bank

and then coming back UP the bank

By then I could feel a bit of an anxiety attack coming on

and my horse felt my anxiety

and decided to JOIN IN on the whole anxiety ride

so he was having his own little rodeo

I AM GETTING OFF RIGHT NOW!!!...I said to my husband

So he got off his horse too

and walked with me for a bit

so that Black Stallion on Steroids

and I could calm down

whew

(did I mention horses can hurt you)    

We told our friends to go on ahead of us and we would catch up

then after a bit

they came and told us there was another river crossing up ahead

so

It was either wade across the river and get soaked

or mount up

I mounted up

and had a little chat with my horse about glue factories

     

 WE HAD SIX

SIX I TELL YOU

river crossings to do

but I think I put the fear of glue into my horse

and he was much better the rest of the ride

I was really kinda angry with myself

that I had lost my Annie Oakley MoJo

The end of the ride was here

at EM-TE town

such a cool place

   

Hubby...aka Festus
going to check out the joint

probably a good place for him 

 

me and The Horse Whisperer
FINALLY getting a chance to relax and CHILL

 

We all had a GREAT steak dinner here

 

going to check out the double decker out houses

yup...I'll stick to the UPPER level thank you

maybe I need to give up my horse riding
and become ONE with MISS KITTY

But
that all being said
IT WAS A GREAT DAY
I'M ALIVE
great friends
beautiful nature
a sense of accomplishment

Yup
I'll do it again


and to end this story

 love ya cowboy