It's an Exciting World

We had an extra lesson of horseback riding today.  The weather was a little warm for horseback riding, and my allergies have been giving me tons of problems.  Once we got going and my adrenaline got up the allergies seemed to go away nicely, but they game back as soon as I stopped riding.  Today I also got to ride Belle, a Belgian draft horse.  She is really big, and I look kinda small on her.

Belle was really responsive to directions of where to go, but not so responsive on how quickly to go there.  She also took really wide turns, and didn’t seemed bothered by me being there at all.  It was kinda strange being on a horse as big as Belle, since I’m used to it mattering where I put my weight.  With Belle, she didn’t really notice too much.

You can see how wide I have my legs splayed over Belle, she is incredibly wide.

Steph and I didn’t  get to ride at the same time, but we still got to have a lot of fun.  It was interesting to see her ride and watch Carla teach her.  They do a lot more precision steering that I have been doing.