RIDING!!

OH I HAD FUN!!! We did a more cantering than I have done for a LONG TIME!!! I went riding with Stephanie's friend and Stephanie. I did take pictures once we got back but didn't take any of me riding since we went riding along the road! Sharon wasn't there (not sure where she was) She is the one who owns the place and some of the horses..She allows others to board their horses there. Anyway we met up with Stepahnies friend (sorry I forget her name :D) and talked with her. Stephs friend has RainDance who is a year and a half and she showed us the tricks she can do..She knows how to shake a leg (still learning this) and how to lay down and how to sit..Really impressive..Steph got on her (just to sit) to see how RainDance would take it! She did great! Then we got the horses out, Sundance, Beauty and Lightning. We tacked them up (western) and trotted around the place a bit before we headed out so I could get used to Beauty!!

Then we headed out..It was like 3:20 when we headed out. We got back to the barn I am guessing around 4:20...Something like that. Anyway we walked out to the end of the road and turned right. We went a little ways then started to canter..IT WAS FUN!!! Then we walked a ways again and cantered again..We cantered like 3 or four times..If the fields wouldn't have been wet we would have headed out in the fiels and galloped and tons of stuff like that..Maybe another time!

But it was very much fun being able to hang out with some horsey people and ride another horse. ALso being able to ride in a group was fun.

I found out a bit more about Navajo's Background..Ok not sure if this is all exactly right but this is somewhat the drift: Sharon got Navajo from an auction (not positive it was an auction) but they do know the people that had him before Sharron overworked him because he was a carriage horse. So that is why his one leg is hurt (didn't think about it but I think it got hurt at one point and might be why he stumbles occasionally). Anyway Sharon got him and then sold him to someone else (the people who had him before Steph and Rhonda (my cousin). They mainly used him for their friends and things like that..Mainly for people who didn't know how to ride..They were moving so since Navajo was the "extra" horse they needed to get rid of him..Sharon found out about hthis so she told my cousin and steph and they Got Navajo for free..and then passed him on to me!! So that is the story..They still aren't sure how old he is..Still a mystery..but that is the drift of the story..Not sure what all is true for sure..A little iffy but I will see if I can meet up with Sharon sometime and talk it over:)

Over all it was very much fun and a little productive!! :) No riding Navajo today because I rode here but I am so happy to be able to go on a "trail ride" with others!!