Yesterday we had a ride in the morning at the camp and we decided to take the kids swimming with their horses, but the trails have washed out quite a bit with all the rain. So, a place where the horses normally cross the river without swimming, they had to swim this time. One girl fell off of her horse in the water, but she was alright. A second girl fell off of her horse and her horse decided he couldn’t swim and gave up. It was quite an entertaining fiasco. I got my horse, Katie, out of the water, got both of the girls to the bank of the water, then jumped in to save poor Star, the horse who didn’t think he could swim. He was floating on his side, with just his eyes and nose above the water and a mournful look on his face. Of course I was fully clothed with riding boots, jeans, and my western shirt on. I also had my camera with me and a walkie talkie in a harness on my chest. So I held my camera up over my head, and jumped into the water. I swam out (with my new camera still over my head) and grabbed Star’s reins. I towed him in (so now I had the reins in one hand and the camera over my head in the other hand (thank goodness for legs) and I dragged him to the edge of the river. I could stand up at this point, but poor Star thought it was all over and it took him a bit to realize that he could easily stand up. In the end everyone was fine, but we now have a ton of things to laugh about!
Today was also a great day. I got to try out Mitch, one of the ponies that I love, before the kids came for their ride. I got to ride a different horse, Woodman, for the first session of kids. I got to ride Andy, a nice thoroughbred who really tries hard, to bring some horses in. Then I got to ride Combo, a wonderful horse with great gaits for the last session where I got to walk, trot, canter, and jump him. Shaynee told me that whenever I find anything that looks like fun to jump, that I should feel free to just go for it. I love it. I get to ride fun horses, pick what horses I want, and really work them how I see fit. I am really getting back into riding shape and my confidence is back completely with horses.
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