Rollin' Rollin' Rollin'... Rawhide!

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Kate rides Cochise

Andy mounting Cochise after our lunch stop on day 4

Raw thighs, raw butt…..BUT finally everything clicked and we were both riding like the wind. It was just fantastic. We loped (cantered) up and down trails round twisting bends at what days ago would have seemed like a crazy pace. Riding twice a day for 6 days on different horses gave us the opportunity to improve and gather confidence. We relaxed more each day and moving more and more with the horse, instead of bouncing against the poor beast. Duke and Navajo got tired and were replaced by Dusty and Cochise, we even swaped horses on the last day so we both rode 3 different ones. We both have fantastic memories of our full day out on the range stopping in a dry river bed - tying our horses to a tree and having a picnic lunch - then trotting up cactus hill to a magnificent view - the ranch way off in the distance. The ranch was perfect with great hospitality, well trained horses, fantastic food and excellent rooms. We had lots of giggles with the other guests especially the 6 very quiet English girls!! Great memories

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