cowboy up moab style

it's been years since i've been on a horse and i am by no way experienced in equestrian matters. i've had a couple scary incidences involving horses that make me keep my distance a bit, though i wish i had a horse to ride and brush and take care of. anyhoo. we're in moab for the weekend and thought a little horseride would be fun. this morning chris and i headed over to the red red cliff lodge where our reservations were. we, along with about 10 other folks saddled up {or had the ranch hands saddle up} the horses and we went through a crash course of steering and controlling this huge animal. chris, mister cowboy was an obvious natural and was put on top of a dark brown horse named thunder and i was paired up with a sandy colored horse named sundance {as in butch cassidy and the sundance kid}. there was another horse named butch and my horse kept his head constantly in butch's butt the entire time. it was very apparent i had absolutely no control over sundance and he followed butch everywhere he went. it was hilarious.

we rode for about three hours all over the pretty red rock country. the sun was shining and it was warm. the pace was super slow so we had plenty of time to take in all the scenery and enjoy the nice sunshine. when we finally got back to the corral {or correl if you're a rancher} and it was time to get off i seriously could hardly walk. it was kinda pathetic! what a sad little city girl i am. i guess i should take the advice the head rancher guy had engraved on his rather large shiny gold belt buckle to "cowboy up"