Should've Been a Cowboy

Although none of us have been on a horse in over five years, we decided to go for broke with a double horse day... trail ride in the morning and barrel racing in the afternoon.  Ouch!                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

First up today is a two hour trail ride with our guide Keanna.

Lunchtime back at the lodge.

After lunch, over to the arena for some horsemanship training...

... and then barrel racing.  This turned out ot be the most fun activity of the weekend, especially when we started competing and timing the course.   

We started out with times in the 40-50 second range but eventually got our runs down to the low 23-24 seconds after our horses reluctantly decided to play along.  By contrast, Keanna completed the course in 17 seconds.

After our fun barrel racing afternoon, back to the lodge for happy hour and a couple hours of cornhole.

Snack time before dinner.

And then a yummy steak for dinner.   With potatoes to die for.

And a great chocolate lava cake for dessert.