EPISODE 536 “HORSES ON THE ORIGINAL BUFFALO GRASS PRAIRIE”….I THOUGHT I WAS BEING SPLIT IN HALF
alan skeoch
Feb. 26, 2022
Location : Foothiils of Alberta near southern border with USA>
The horse Wrangler was amused….Marjorie as well. Me? Absolute pain…especially when the horse decided to speed up. ohhh!
My horse. Look at his eye. He is thinking about abusing me for 3 hours. Bouncing. Think about it.
RIDING CAREFREE ON THE CANADIAN PRAIRIE
dateline…40 years ago
“Alan, we can join some horseman on a patch of original buffalo grass prairie.”
“How do you mean join?
“We can rent horses.”
“Not sure…don’t trust horses”
“WHY?”
“Smarter than me…wilL try to knock me off using overhanging branches”
“Silly…just guide the horse “
“the big reason is the discomfort…bouncing up and down…trying to split
me in half.”
“Here take this horse…old and quiet they say.”
“How do I get on?”
“step stool over here.”
What I should have asked was how to get off the horse. The whole adventure was
a pain in the butt and pain elsewhere that I would rather not mention. When we returned
to the corral a few hours later I couldn’t get off the horse…my legs were locked. I had
to be helped while everyone laughed. Humiliating.
BUT the place was stunning. And I had the presence of mind to take my camera.
alan
