Revelation

I rode Del yesterday with several horses on a trail ride. Gena, Larry's wife, and Courtney's sister have ridden  a little in the past. Cindy was inexperienced but seemed a real natural on Telma. Joe rode his beautiful big, paint horse. I had been asked by Rose to be the so called leader. A BBQ was planned for after the ride. Rose stayed at the ranch to give Larry a lesson on Sky, his new horse. In my role as leader, I neglected to bring my camera. Funny, the photographer in the group forgot her camera!

Del did really well. He even walked for me : ). That might be due to the fact I led the group most of the time. But what the hey.  There were only two Pasos and with the inexperienced riders it was a casual ride. This was just our fourth ride together. We went out to the Ramona Grasslands toward the pond. When we came to a heard of cattle, I decided to turn back with Gena and Cindy. Telma is afraid of cattle and I didn't want any bad experiences as everything was going so well. The rest of the group decided to come back with us instead of going on. As it turned out we were gone much longer than we planned. When we returned, there were jokes about riding to Texas.

While I was riding I had a revelation. When Del didn't want to go up the trial Saturday morning I think he was remembering that 5 hour ride he went on! I think he  thought "No way, I don't  want to do that again !"  I hope  because I just made it a short ride that day, it will change his mind. Perhaps the next time we go up that way he will not associate that trial will our first, five hour ride. Imagine five hours of hills and not much walking.