today was an extremely different saturday. woke up around 7 a.m. and went to the store to buy pants to horseback ride in. bought some mediums! (proud). we left FR around 7:30 and headed over to red mountain to find the horses and the trail. of course, we may have gotten a bit lost so we didn't officially see any horses until 8:30.
quickly, we got on the horses and learned a bit about how to steer. when i say "a bit" i mean literally all she said was pull back to make them stop. the minute i got on my horse she started to move around which kind of freaked me out a little bit. my horse's name was trixie. she didn't like to stand in line, or move as slowly as all of the other horses. i think that may have been why she was in the back. trixie was quite the trouble maker. every time we stopped, even though she had a loose mesh muzzle on so she wouldn't eat the plants, she'd chomp on the bushes until we'd start riding again. most of the ride was very slow and kind of boring but it was cool to be on a horse. i don't really think it's my passion. at least now i know.
sean had dropped us off at red mountain trail in his car. the dilemma was now that neither Kateri or I had cell phone service or a ride. we asked the horse guide to drop us off as far as she could. she brought us to a nearby local restaurant, Red Dog Café, and we decided to get breakfast/lunch. it turns out the entire menu, with no surprise, was pretty much deep fried foods and it seemed like the kind of joint that would serve a salad with iceberg lettuce and shredded cheese from a bag. both of us skipped the salad. eggs were the next best healthy option. i got a three egg omelette with tomato, spinach, mushrooms, peppers, and cheese. i skipped the hash browns and got tomatoes instead and i got toast but i only ate one piece. when i got it, the omelette wasn't greasy at all and i was really impressed by the food quality. i ended up scraping out most of the cheese, anyway.
we called a cab to bring us to the nearest mall. the cab cost $50, if you can honestly believe that. the ride was like going from new city to the palisades mall. absolutely ridiculous. it's a $7 minimum as soon as you get in the car. we shopped at the zion outlets. most of the stores weren't really impressive stores for an outlet. then we crossed the street and walked down the road to tj maxx. after we were all shopped out, we knew we didn't have a ride home and there was no way we were going to take a cab. we found a bus station, rode the bus about 6 miles away from FR and then walked the rest of the way back.
dinner was cobb salad and banana cream pie for dessert. both were not very impressive. i'm going to go to the gym now due to lack of exercise today. i'm going to miss Kateri so much and i can't wait to go visit her in west africa. she's become so close to me in such a short period of time, i can't imagine if i hadn't met her. i wish all of you could meet her too, you'd absolutely adore her.
time for the gym. weh.
love and warmth,
goodnight.
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