Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/01/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Doug, Jack Young met the five of us - all kids from suburban homes in the New York City suburbs - at the Greyhound 'station' (the town general store/pharmacy/cafe/soda fountain/gas station) in Ashton, Idaho, drove us in his truck the 18 miles, mostly dirt road, to the ranch where he told us to take our bags to the bunkhouse and c'mon out to the corral where to each of us in turn he said: Seth, this here little colt's name is Apache; he's two-year-old and he's 'mostly' broke; he's your horse for the summer. He's a good little horse so you take good care of him and he'll treat you good'. Jack Young was right and Apache did. Maybe he had been born on the trail (we were in the middle of the Targhee National Forest about 4 miles from the SW corner of Yellowstone Nat'l Park) but he was 'mostly' broke. He was more than a little cantakerous but although I had ridden horses in summer camp since I'd been 6 or 7, that first summer at the J Bar Y was the summer that I learned how to ride. And survive. S. ----- Original Message ----- From: <wildlightphoto@earthlink.net> To: <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 4:59 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] the west.... > Seth Rosner wrote: > >> I first entered Jackson's Hole from Idaho side over Teton >> Crest trail on the back of a 2-year-old Apaloosa colt (not gelding) > > 1) Apaloosas have a mind of their own > 2) a 2-year-old horse has LOTS of energy > 3) a (not gelding) colt has hormones. Need I say more? > > You survived?!? This colt must have been born on the trail. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > mail2web.com - Enhanced email for the mobile individual based on > Microsoft? > Exchange - http://link.mail2web.com/Personal/EnhancedEmail > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.0.233 / Virus Database: 270.10.15/1921 - Release Date: 01/27/09 07:26:00