EeeeeHah Calvary for me
Right to the photos.
Where it all begins. Peter’s saddle (foreground with the red blanket) weighs as much if not more than he does.
Peter has never been this close to a horse in his life. He might have been a tad concerned but he did everything he was told.
Julie likes her horse.
Lordy these things are heavy .. hard to throw a saddle and not go with it.
Tightning things up
Thank God for a little help from a good teacher.
Time to move to the corale and mount up.
Learning to use stirups. As I was told if your butt hurts the stirups are too long. If your knees hurt the stirups are too short. If your butt and your knees hurt, the stirups are just right.
Listening to instructions
Trying things out some.
And of course the exercise ended with unsaddling and putting up the equipment in it’s proper place. The key to this is repetition, and we plan to do some.
Life is good.
July 31st, 2007 at 8:44 pm
O’boy……….where do I start. I loved my horse………Smokey. I think Peter had lots of fun. I had a BLAST!! We learned lots of things of how to ride a horse. We got to put the saddle on and we got to learn how to ride’m. It was really, really fun!!
July 31st, 2007 at 9:24 pm
I had a great time too …. you and Peter did a great job. That young lady who was riding and exercising those two tan colored horses told me she was about your age when she started.
She said the horse seemed really really big to her and she was a little afraid of it.
You couldn’t tell it now she works there.
July 31st, 2007 at 10:11 pm
how fun!
August 1st, 2007 at 1:04 am
This post was mistitled. I didn’t see Pa in there anywhere. Everybody else did a great job. Peter and Julie have to be the most versitile kid there are. It seems they can do anything they try.
August 1st, 2007 at 5:20 am
Just a small note to say that Peter and Julie look cute. I’m very thankful that grandpa took the time to take these two little people out for a ride.
August 1st, 2007 at 8:32 am
I was there .. just on the other side of the lens.
I was real proud of the kids Pete. They stepped right up and did it.
August 1st, 2007 at 9:26 am
That is sooo cool….
August 1st, 2007 at 12:45 pm
very cool kiddo’s…. i’m learnin the same stuff here when i get a chance to go ride Cody…. the folks there are lettin me learn same way you are. it’s a ton of fun one day y’all will have to teach me a thing or two.
August 1st, 2007 at 6:20 pm
It is cool!! I had sooooooo much fun!! I really liked my horse……Smokey!!
Next time I hope I get Smokey again. I like that horse!!
August 2nd, 2007 at 12:55 pm
Horses are like people in that each one is different. i hope ya get Smokey again too. It makes it more fun when you get to learn with the same horse. If ya change horses they might not react the same as the one you were used to. Like dogs. LOL when i whistle, daisy comes… when anyone else wistles… she runs away LOL.
August 3rd, 2007 at 11:57 am
True!! I really like horse back riding!! I can’t stop saying that!! I can’t wait till Tuesday!!
August 3rd, 2007 at 12:08 pm
True!!