Pale Rider

May 8th, 2008

Not the movie, but me. Yep, I am really pale :-) But that should change soon since I am going to be horseback riding with a great instructor and a very very great friend. She called me yesterday morning and asked if I wanted to ride with her out on the prairie that spans for miles behind her house- well, YEEESSSSS! I rode her beautiful Arabian 2 and a half years ago and I rode him today. Yes, N - 2 and a half yrs! His name is Zzari (Ben Rabba x Ariezad)- his name will take you to a page that was written by his loved and lovely owner on Zzari’s 22nd birthday. They have had a wonderful adventure together for the past 19 yrs. I am excited because we have made plans to try to ride once a week together. I know I will enjoy riding him because he is used to all types of riders and I need lots of his experience to get me back to the riding abilities that I had as a younger person….. My grandfather had an Arabian ranch outside of Olympia, Wa and I rode from sun-up to sun-down every day most every summer until I was about 16. I was pretty good back then - I could even jump on bareback with no aids of any kind…. yesterday, I embarrassed myself because I had to use a bale of straw to help heave myself into the saddle!! :oops: I need to be lean and mean (not that mean!) so that I can ride my own horse, Ruskie, more. Like I said before, Zzari is used to the unskilled rider - Ruskie thinks HE is in control with the “yahoo” rider.