My Journey While 30: #13 - Horseback Riding

~~#13 Horseback Riding~~
My sister was coming for a visit Easter weekend and wanted to do something with me off of my list. She wanted to do skydiving (#6) but we just didn't have the funds for that at the time. So the next thing we looked at was horseback riding. I had already found a place to go when I first put it on my list. So I made the reservations for us to go early Friday morning.

We went to Cypress Trails to go riding. http://www.horseridingfun.com/ Our riding session was scheduled for 10am. We were early and were waiting for 3 other people who were supposed to ride with us. But after ten minutes of waiting, the people decided to get us on our horses and let us ride.
Alyse's horse was named Java. He is known to be a stubborn horse... hmmm. just like his rider. LOL. I kid.. maybe not. Anywhoo... Through the whole ride (one full hour), Java had spurts where he decided that he was just going to start running. Alyse, needless to say, was NOT a happy camper. My horses name was Teke. He was also a stubborn horse but instead of having running spurts, he would decided that he just didn't want to move anymore. And he ate EVERY chance he got. It got to the point where our guide had to hook us to him and his horse just to get Teke to start moving again.

Our guide's name was Alex. He is originally from Mexico. He's been riding horses since he was 11 years on his dad's farm. He dropped out of school in the 4th grade so that he could help his dad on the farm. He didn't say it but I got the feeling that he wished that he could have finished his schooling. He has been working on this ranch for almost 3 years. He was a pretty good guide.

All in all, it was a good experience. I haven't been on a horse since I was little. And even then I was on a pony.