horseback riding lessons

I don't know why it took so long to discover Nicole. After all, she's been coming here for clinics for six or seven years, and its only in the last four that I've become a devotee.

Call me stubborn, but I've never wanted to be a "disciple" of a trainer. I know people (and have seen it up close) who become devoted and then drop their trainers like hot rocks, hurting the trainer's feelings and interrupting their horse's training. I've not been one of those people. I always kepy a good distance, clinic-ed with people here and there, remained friendly to everyone, taken some lessons, kept my horses at home away from the trainer-disciple problem at boarding stables.

Happy to be home--everyone has four legs, and the barn is tidy.
Went out to ride today for the first time in 13 days, and found that other than general stiffness, Baleno felt pretty good. He immediately developed a nice foam mustache (doesn't happen often with Mr. Teeth Clencher) and really wanted to be round. So I was thinking about it how nice it is to ride after a long break (because face it, even though we love horses, it's nice to take a break now and then), and came across these post-vacation thoughts on riding:

1) After a vacation, both you and the horse are more relaxed. For nearly two weeks, I spent minimal time sitting in front of a computer--at most an hour every other day to check email, vs. at home where it's more like 9 or 10 hours crunched up, staring at a screen. Hence no "computer neck" or back stiffness.