Horseback Riding
By Kristi Dahl
Women’s Issues had been waiting 2 weeks to go horseback riding and of course, it had to be raining on the day we decided to go. It wasn’t raining too badly, though it was still muddy.
A total of 10 people decided to go: Ramona, Andrea, Jackie, Kristi, Emily, Tami, Erica, Patty, Kelsey, and Alison. At first there was 14 of us, but Pauline, Marcelle, Emily, Rachael and Nichole went back early so Pauline could get to her class.
After waiting for over an hour for them to get our horses ready, we were finally on our way. Some of us were ready to run our horses and others just wanted to walk.
Tami and Erica switched horses, because Erica’s horse was a little too rowdy for her liking. She had a bad experience her previous time on a horse, and since Tami’s horse was more like a mule, the swap turned out to be perfect. For Erica at least.
We approached the first running field and everything went fine. We did some more walking and talking but the second, third and fourth running fields were a little different than the first. After my horse got a little too close to Tami’s horse, her horse chased us when we decided to take off. Kelsey’s horse had so much fun running that it decided to keep going when it was time to stop. Tami had a bit of the same problem and when I was going after her, her horse kicked mine in the face.
Walking again, we approached the running field and that’s when Patty’s horse decided it wasn’t a horse….it was a bull. Emily Richards was trying to catch her breath after her horse had taken off unexpectedly when Patty’s horse started charging
her horse, stopping inches before ramming it in the butt!
Through the excitement, screaming, scares and laughter we all had a good time. Returning to the ranch with slightly sore legs, we went back to school. So when you go horseback riding, take a lesson from me, don’t get too close!