About 29 to Go. and I Can be Called a Cowboy!

It is said that you have to be tossed 100 times before you are a Cowboy. I have been working hard at getting the designation. Today, while trying to get Monte to go up a steep hill in deep snow, she refused about half way up, tried to turn and went over backwards. She landed partially on my right leg, but with the deep snow did not hurt me. The only thing hurt was my pride! Michelle was concerned and did not laugh. I think I would have just watching a horse and rider sliding and rolling down the hill. No damage done and a fantastic ride! We even saw a Cow and Calf Moose, which set the horses off again. Why horses hate Moose and Llamas is beyond me. Fortunately, I saw the moose first and warned Michelle.

The two pictures are after the ride when we were cooling down the horses. Monte is a good horse and is the one wearing the blanket. He got pretty wet due to the roll. Anyway, thanks for a great afternoon!

I Needed a Horse Hug!



Today was the first time in three years that I was up on a horse. It turns out that two friends from Church wanted to go siding, but had three horse that were all herd bound or barn bound, so they needed a third rider. I thought about.... for about a 10th of a second. The horse I got to ride was a Norwegian Fjord. 

Here are the other two riders on their mares. They were well behaved (horses and riders). As you can see, we still have a LOT of snow, so riding was done on the roads.

Alison was all smiles. It was a beautiful day at +5C

Michelle was doing great on her new horse. I had a better picture, but it turns out I had the camera on video. Next time I will get a better shot.

Here is Spirit, my horse for the day! He did well, but put on a couple of protests along the way. I didn't let him trot because of the protests, but more so for the pain I felt in my legs. He is a little choppy at anything more than a walk. By the time we got back after about 2 1/2 hours, I literally fell of the horse. My legs didn't really want to work. At almost 73 (next month) I thought I did OK.

OK enough to agree to another ride next Wednesday!