Our guide, Ernie, started off by assigning horses for everyone.
"Do you want to ride a big horse?" he asked Warner enthusiastically, tyring to get him pumped up for the ride.
"No way!" Warner corrected him, "I want to be safe!"
So Warner rode on Honey, the Half-ling...(I'm not kidding, it was like half the size of the other horses, it was like a hobbit, and truly called a Half-ling). He loved that horse, heard him talking to it, saying things like, "I know you're tired, we're almost there," or "are you hungry girl?" He even asked me if we could take her home and keep her as a pet...when I reminded him that the bigger the pet, the bigger the poop.... he said that Kaylee could take care of the poop job! When the ride was over he stayed by Honey for a little while, talking to her and petting her. Mean while everyone else wet to roast marshmallows by the campfire.
(By the way, we made s'mores by roasting mellows and putting them between two chocolate chip cookies, have you ever heard of this? it was delicious!)
When I first got on my horse, Dollar, I found myself thinking...
...'this is not too bad,I could be a real cowgirl, we could sell our house, get a couple horses, I could braid my hair and wear boots, Tom doesn't look to bed in plaid.'.....
But by the time the ride was over, was happy to be on the ground, even though my legs were in a different shape then a few hours before.
Ernie the cowboy taught the boys how the swing a rope, Xander was a natural, almost caught Grandma.
We ended the day with a nice lunch while Ernie played cowboy songs on his guitar and sang.
