Dude.

When we were in Virginia I took the opportunity to take Kurt for his first horseback ride.  It was a standard group trail ride, 16 people with 4 wranglers on sour old horses but it was fun.  We rode at the Marriott Ranch (yes, as in the guy who started the hotel chain had a ranch) in Hume, VA.

Here he is at the mounting block, or rather mounting ladder. 
Stirrup check.  This horse was old as dirt.  His name was moonwalker.
Here we are crossing a stream.
Here we are in a field.  
All the photos look the same since I had the camera.
Some longhorns off to the right.  They use these for their mock cattle drives.
I was afraid he might gore me as I took his photo.

Baby calves in the woods.  It's like a fairy tale!

More country.
They stopped us half way to check the girths (make sure no one's saddle was slipping).
This was my horse Cheyenne.  She was a good little mare.  She looks real excited about her job.

It poured the last 10 minutes of the ride and we all got soaked.  I had to protect the camera by keeping it under my armpit but it would have been a great shot.