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Re: [RC] [RC] Horse with attitude... - Stacy Sadar

You just need to hang with people who have similar adventures and have a high tolerance of pain like you do!
We used to sit around with friends who rode mountain bikes and horses comparing who had the better injury.  Nothing like riding a bike 8 miles out of the woods with your collar bone eeking back and forth...my husband.  Broken ribs/collaps lung....me.   Broken wrist/ribs...neighbor.  Hit a tree....me and the neighbor.  Broken leg....friend.  Broken toe from this weekend....me.  And the list goes on!   Oh then we talk about all the other adventures that don't involve getting hurt too....bucking bronc ride when the bees attacked,  broken bike because the bees attacked the husband and he threw the bike and ran, slipping into the river while standing next to the horse while it was drinking, etc. 
We could write a book....The Adventures on Bike and Horse (How NOT to Kill Yourself & Have Fun Doing It!)
 
I always tell those who just don't get it that I'd rather take a chance and have fun doing it then get old in a rocking chair!  Besides that leg on the rocking chair could break any day now and dump my butt!
 
Stacy


jamie ward <rogueroughriders1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Does anybody else get the "look" because they are out riding again the same or at least the next day  after our falls. (usually on the same horse that dumped us) My parents(and non horse friends) especially my dad (who is always suggesting i wear motorcycle protective gear and has gone as far as buying me some) give me a look that suggest Ive lost the better part of my brain when i show them a bruise or tell them about my "adventures" Heck after my fall last Thursday my mom called to see how i was feeling on Fri and on sat when she called to check on me i was out riding.She was like "i figured you'd at least take a week or two off so you could heal"in a voice that said if it were up to me I'd sell that horse and replace it with one who cant do anything but walk slowly. (gotta love parents) "nope got a endurance ride next weekend mom" well i will say in her defense it was a bad fall i dented my helmet my left arm is a lovely shade of blueish blackish Violet my back is scraped up and i couldn't remember how i got on the ground and had a migraine from hell but a few Advil and i got back on and finished my "fun" ride hate to see her reaction if she knew that ;-)


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