OMG, it was wonderful!! I have been wanting to do lessons for such a long time.

I love horses... been wanting to get involved somehow, someway, etc... for the past few years, but just never got started. I rode as a kid and some as an adult... but never really had official lessons.

Sooo... when my boyfriend and I took our bike trip through Montana/Canada this past July... there were soooooooo many beautiful horses and ranches I vowed to make this horse riding/lesson thing a reality when I came back home... and work my way toward possibly buying one or leasing one.

So last week I met a man on a horse while running the trails with the boyfriend. It was the perfect meeting. I have been looking at stables with lessons but the feeling just never clicked with the personnel at the stables. So this man told me of this private stables and gave me a name to call. I called her and she told me to come in yesterday and I had my first lesson with her.. her name was Mona and she rocked and she has 16 horses!!... and it was a great 1st lesson!

I rode Lady... a beautiful (prior) show horse... for a whole hour!! I first got to brush her I learned how to hold the reins, how to steer the horse, how to "ho", and I even trotted and cantered some... and I have my 2nd lesson next Saturday.

I love it!! Now I have to get riding boots and a helmet... maybe I will post a 2nd post on what kind of boots and helmet to buy.... hmmm??