Saturday, March 28, 2009

Riding Horses in South Africa

Sunday after dinner, Andy and Becca rode horses.  There are about 30 horses on the Thrive property, maybe 10 of which can be ridden.  The family in charge of the farm, care for the horses and give riding lessons to children from town.  Jennifer asked if Becca and Andy could ride, and they agreed to help us Sunday afternoon.  You can see how much fun they had.  They told us that Becca did a great job on the horses.  She was riding alone after 15 minutes.  She made the horse trot.  She made the horse turn around and go in the other direction.  She was in horse heaven!!  

Greg and I then took two of the horses and we rode with Heather, the horse lady, around the ranch.  It had probably been more than 25 years since I have ridden.  (I really can’t remember the last time I rode.)  It was fun.  I was raised with horses and didn’t have any trouble getting back into the saddle again.  I was a little stiff getting off the horse, and the next day was only a little sore.  What an adventure, riding horses in South Africa!

1 comment:

The Terps said...

Wow, riding hourses. I've always loved riding horses. My sister and I used to beg our parents to take us horse riding. Getting a chance to ride around the property must have been a lot of fun.