Trail Rider

I got to go horseback riding last Saturday! It's been so long since I rode; at least 6 years ago. A friend has several horses, and was complaining she can't keep them all ridden. Well, I have just the cure for that.... so she, her boyfriend and I took 3 horses out trailriding. They live close to the Verde River, in Cottonwood, and we rode down along the river toward Dead Horse State Park. No, horses don't go there to die, so ours were fine. We wandered around the park, worked the horses in an open area on their leads and gaits, it was great! Her horses have all won in national horseshows, they are appaloosas, and ride nicely.

The weather was beautiful, around 65-70 degrees, the skies were Arizona blue, it couldn't be better. I can barely move right now, sore butt, knees, etc, but it was so worth it. We were out for a couple hours, enough to get broke in, not enough to kill me. She even invited me to come back. Hopefully in a couple weeks I can go with them again.

I'm preparing an invitation for the Haines reunion, I just need addresses to send them too. If there are any George Haines descendant's out there, please send me your address to elnabelms@hotmail.com. Thanks!