Step stools was Far Outtt Forest, With the Kid: Part Four

["Maggie Mieske" <mmieske@netonecom.net>]

<I needed a 3-step stepstool to get on him at home>

Speaking of step stools...I need some reassurances from folks that I am not
the only one out there who uses a step stool!!  My kids ridicule me for
doing this but in the last couple of years as I seem to have gotten shorter
(while they continued to grow taller), I decided it wasn't worth the hassle
of hurting my back or my horse's back.  I can get in the saddle without one
depending on which saddle it is and where I have the stirrups (necessary
for dismounting out on the trail), but it just seems to me to be healthier
for both of us to do this when a stool is available.  Please don't flame me
with my poor horsemanship skills, etc.  I USED to be able to leap into the
saddle in one bound...(ok, maybe it was two or three bounds!).


Maggie Mieske
Mieske's Silver Lining
10601 S. Richards Rd.
McBain, Michigan 49657
http://www.netonecom.net/~mmieske
mmieske@netonecom.net