Callie found a groupon for a two hour horse back riding trip in Estes Park. We thought that sounded fun so headed to Estes with Rod on Saturday morning. We dropped Rod off at the golf course around 7:30 am. Our reservation for the horses wasn't until 10 a.m. so we had breakfast at Mickey D's, wandered around the Stanley Hotel, cruised through the Christmas shop, explored in Estes and finally arrived at the Elk Horn Lodge to meet our horses. Cami rode Cheyenne who generally behaved. Caylee rode Moccasin (pictured above) who knew he was bigger than Caylee and did what he wanted until the guide got to him. She tied the rope much tighter so he could no longer reach his muzzle to the ground to munch his way down the trail.
I rode Poncho who is sometimes called "Oscar" for Sesame Street's "Oscar the Grouch". He used to be top horse but now has been demoted to the number three spot. He is not to happy about that. He spent much of his time marching along with his ears back and if another horse bum got too close to him, he would take a bite! He was a bit naughty. When I would pat his neck and tell him he was a "good boy", his ears would go up for a little while. I can't remember Callie's horse's name. I will just call him "Pokey" because he certainly was. He only had one speed and it was slow except for the time he saw a short cut back to the ranch and tried to take it! Fun day!
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