Wednesday January 24 day 125
Rainy blustery dawn.
Good workout with Chocolate today. We actually rode a little bit. While we were riding, we saw Raquel (the woman who owns the property). Her son, daughter-in-law, and grand-daughters were visiting. Raquel asked if the girls could come see the horses.
Of course! Would they like to ride? Oh, yes!
Andrea is seven. She was nervous but let me pick her up and put her on Zip. She grabbe the saddle horn i a death grip. We walked down the road a bit, Marie leading Zip and be walking along side Andrea started to relax a little. Then a smile. Then a HUGE smile!
Victoria is two-and-a-half. She hid behind her mother at the mere sight of these huge beasts. I don't know which was bigger - Choclate or Victoria's eyes.
Elaine and Maria (Andrea and Victoria's mother) coaxed her out of hiding. She petted Chocolate then they put her on him. With me again as a side-walker on one side and Maria on the other side, we took a little walk.
WE all felt pretty good about it so we walked the girls on horse back back to Raquel's house at the end of the property. It was time to dismount and say goodbye for the day.
Andrea looked sad but Victoria cried. "Don't want to get off! Want the caballo!"
Both girls loved it. Both parents were beaming. And Abuela Raquel? She had a face-splittng smile. She was so happy - with her grand-kids, with her kids with the horses, with us.
Cesar (Raquel's son) and Maria told us how much Raquel appreciate us, how much she appreciates having the horses on the property. Cesar even broached the idea that somewhere down the line we could do lessons on the property.
Wow! You can't buy that kind of goodwill. You can only earn in.
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