Horseback Riding

Please note that all these pictures were taken by my friend, Jeff. Hopefully, he doesn't mind... it's not like I'm selling them, so I can't see why he'd really care. Anywhooo, I wanted to share with you this most daring outdoor experience: horseback riding in the Alps.



We went on a three hour guided tour with some horses that did NOT want to listen to anybody but the guide (at least at first).


Ok, so I hate this picture... but it was the best one out of all of them (I've decided to stop wearing this shirt upon looking at this pic).


At the time this picture was taken, I was fearing for my life. I was grateful to know that horses too have survival instincts and prefer not to fall off the side of a mountain. However, I was pretty sure he'd throw me off if that's what he needed to do to survive. It was downright scary as the horses were pushing up against each other trying to force through the others.

At some point, Johannah's horse decided "to hell with this, I'll go another way" and the guide had to go get her and bring her and the horse back down. I'm sure Johannah was cursing me and my desire to do "outdoors-y" things when this was going on.




The first part was absolutely beautiful. It was really nice and sunny outside. We saw some houses along the way, I don't think anybody's lived in them for the last 100 years because the only way to get there was by horse. Finally, we get to the top of the mountain and look to the otherside, and this is what we see. It looked heavenly - and then I realized that would need to go down into it.










Our stubborn horses:



These outing took me about three days to recover from. My muscles were so sore the next day, it was difficult for me to get out of bed (as I've said before, I'm a skinny fat person).