I Have Met The Horse Of My Dreams!

I did have a couple of horses in the past but mostly I was a horse crazy kid and this phenomen carried over into my adulthood.  My poor parents.  Dad worked with guys who lived outside of town and had horses.  As luck would have it, one of my now closest friends dad worked with my dad and we had lake cabins next door to each other.  My biggest thrills would be the days that Val would gallop her horse Rex standing up  down our cabin road when  Audrey (Val's mom,) would allow horses to the cabin for the weekend.  Val was my hero.  I worked up to standing up in the saddle but break into a trot was my limit.  I was at least 20 years too late or too chicken. 

 Those were the days that shaped who I am.  I was a country girl living in the city.  Duluth is a small city but it has city status and so I was classified by Val as a city girl.  I bet there are still times when Val still thinks of me as a city girl but  I have earned my stripes.  I am a bonafide equestrian and I understand the bond between not only dog and man, but the special bond between horse and human.  I haven't lived in a city or town sice 1981. 

 It only takes common sense to know a horse.  To know a horse is to love him or her.