Woke up today to a bit of a dreary day. It rained overnight and was threatening to rain again. We all know how I feel about rain. The forecast today was for more of it, especially this morning. Since this is my vacation from my vacation, I decided not to feel too bad about taking the morning off. After breakfast, rather than jumping right on a horse for a ride in the potential rain, I opted to relax in the cookhouse. I imported my pictures from my phone to my computer (still didn't get them up to flickr) and took a nap. Total productive use of time.
Had lunch here in the cook house and then set out for an afternoon ride. It was great to be back up on a horse - it's been probably a year and a half since the last time I rode (hunter-jumper lessons that I took for a bit). About 10 of us went out for a ride together - a good size group. Lots of really pretty views in addition to a lot of just really good riding. At one point, we were going down a pretty steep, dense hill when we ran into something - bees, thorns, I dunno, but it was something. The horses were freaking out. Lots of prancing, dancing, and bucking. Luckily, the only thing that fell off was my hat. My mother managed to save it thankfully and after a brief rest, we were on our way. Near the end of the ride, my mom and I took off ahead of the group and had a good time loping (cantering for you English folk). Great riding for the most part. My horse, Lefty, desperately wanted to take off, but as long as I kept her behind my mom's horse, I kept her in control. I don't know the names of the muscles, but there are these little tiny ones on the outsides of my ankles that are just KILLING me. I hope they'll loosen up a bit by tomorrow, but I don't count on it.
Much needed shower after the ride was over, followed by dinner and cocktails. So good to catch up with everyone. I'm so glad that I have another 2 full days here.
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