muscles ON FIRE.

FIRE.

like.... sore to the touch!

as in - who knew SITTING could produce this much pain.

Last night, the "muscles" were beginning to get sore - but I knew... i kneeeew. today.  Today would be fire and brimstone.

and - that would be correct.

but it's a good kind of burn.  cuz it's the kind that you get riding horses!

I'm too sexy for my helmet, too sexy for my helmet.  LOLOL
I'll do my little turn on the catwalk. (song will be in my head all day now. grrr)

been a while - but we got some new horses in, and so we volunteered to see how they would do on trail rides.  and the trail ride was gorgeous, low key, lovely!

Sorry the picture is a little shaky.... i was on a moving animal. LOL

But seriously - how pretty is this?

Loved it.  I absolutely love riding horses!








I love how the sunlight was filtering through the trees and catching all the dust particles!

and by dust particles - i mean dirt and dried manure kicked up into the air.

nevermind that I inhaled half of that into my lungs....

just LOOK at the beauty and enjoy, please!!!!! LOLOL



then, after our trail ride - we had some extra time.  So we got to ride around the ring.  but who wants to WALK around the ring???

"Not I!" said the duck.

So we got to TROT!  I haven't been on a horse in a few years.  maybe 3?  i love horses.  love riding.  but you can get rusty!  LOL

it's like when you haven't gotten a bike in a while - and you think - wait.  did the seat always fit this way?!?!  exactly WHERE am i supposed to feel the cushion?  cuz... i'm not.

well - saddles aren't as painful as bike seats - they're actually comfy to me.  but trotting.  LOLOL every OUNCE is BOUNCED.   Now, i used to have semi-decent form - so..... i wanted to work on it.

...for 10 minutes.

LOLOL  if you think trotting on a horse isn't good exercise - go.  see. feel.

especially the next day!  Feeeeeel.  just.... wake up and get off your bed.  tell me if you feel soreness in muscles you didn't even realize you had.

you're squeezing, and tensing, and holding, and balancing.... yep.  good workout!  I had been wanting to work those inner thighs too. i can check that off the list!
(forever.)

but it was SOOOOO worth it!  i want to go back and do it again VERY soon.  but maybe i'll get to canter next time LOLOL

......or wrap my netherparts in bubble wrap.

either/or.

:)