Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Horseback Riding On A Hot Day

This afternoon the baby went for a little ride on Flora around the backyard. (I was leading and holding on to her.) It was 97° with 23% humidity. After about 10 minutes Flora wanted to stop. I wanted to stop. The baby wanted to keep going.

We went for another five minutes and I told her we could ride more tomorrow.

We found her mother's old helmet and guess what? It fits her great. I always like to see riders with helmets on. I've gotten to the point where I don't feel right if I don't have my helmet on while I'm riding. And I've come off frequently enough in this last year that it's definitely worth it.
I know I did tell her we could ride again tomorrow, but it's supposed to be 103°. We'll just have to see about that ride.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Just take her out early in the morning - it is much nicer then. If I miss my morning garden walk, I won't even go out in my garden till past 6. And not because that's when I get home from work, either. It is just too hot.

Anonymous said...

Or, you could say do you want to go riding or do you want an ice cream sundae!!
:0)
MAN did that picture look familiar!! I am guessing you
have another little baby girl in that exact pose!!
Patti

tina f. said...

Mmm! I love the ice cream sundae idea, except that would involve a lot of messy stickiness and lots of moist towellettes! Is this the picture you were thinking of?

http://wilamarfarm.blogspot.com/2010/01/similarities.html

Anonymous said...

You will have to once again dumb it up for me! I tried clicking on the http: area, nothing, and then cut and paste, and it said it could not find this page? I will keep trying though!
Hope the Bodfish is al contained by now!
:0)
Patti

tina f. said...

Sorry about that. Try it without the "." at the end.

http://wilamarfarm.blogspot.com/2010/01/similarities

Asad and sons said...

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Gloves are very important part while riding a horse. It provides you too much comfort while riding a horse
I'm very crazy about horses.
keep doing well.
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