Everyone knows my fear for horses. Let me just say I had a traumatizing event happen when I was younger. No matter what, I have always refused to get back on a horse. I would rather go sky diving, or bungee jumping than get on a horse. Well this weekend was a different story. I decided I needed to get over this long time fear and sign up for a horseback riding adventure in the mountains. I mean why not I am in South Africa, BRING IT! We showed up in the mountains and I was pumped up and ready to go. The head lady was assigning horses and I asked her to give me the calmest horse they have. She said follow me and brought me to George. While saddling up she informed me that George is almost dead so he would treat me well. As riders were getting on their horses, I had a little pep talk with George. I was treating him like a human. The journey started and to say the least it actually wasn’t that bad. The scenery was absolutely beautiful. Not to long into the ride the instructor asked if we wanted to gallop. Hesitantly, I said lets do it! I gave George a nice kick and there we went. Everyone in the group knew when I was galloping because I could not control my laughter. Forget the rule of being quiet on a horse, George and I were bonding and getting along great!
Once our ride was over I told the rest of the group to forget that as my fear, when I get home I am buying a horse and competing at the Iowa State Fair! J
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