Inside her mind..
31 year old gal. Lives in Boulder, CO. Eats non-dairy powdered coffee creamer for fun. Surrounds herself with dogs, horses, friends, and one hot boy. (this is a temporary blogger template - stay tuned for major changes)Tuesday, August 06, 2002
This totally reminds me of the summer that I spent guiding trail rides in Yosemite. This one ride I was leading out into the practice arena before we left for the trail was full of tourists from Sweden. I was riding this beautiful (but quite sensitive) bay QH mare and was turned around, talking to my group and watching how they were doing. To this day I have no idea what happened (although I speculate that a bee came over and errantly stung my horse) but the next thing I knew my mount was bucking and crowhopping all over the place.. and of course me, not even sitting the the saddle went BOUNCE BOUNCE (off her hindquarters) then THUD. Right on my tush on the ground!! In front of the people who I was supposed to ensure their safety for the next hour on the trails!
A fellow guide who had seen the whole thing had no mercy, just laughing his butt off... and I was sore, but my ego was probably more bruised than anything. So what did I do? What could I do.. I hammed it up, climbed back into the saddle, and led the ride. The best part of this story is that the people in the ride had someone on the ground videotaping the whole thing. So the film probably ended up on Sweden's Funniest Home Videos or something. I want royalties damnit!! :)
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