Barebackin' it on The Cloud

So first Kate over at A Year With Horses had a link to The Horse Personalities Quiz which I thought was really cute so I decided to take it and check how accurate it was with my horses, it did turn out pretty close.

Celia and Shining are both-surprise-Rock Stars!
-The Rock Stars are confident and charismatic. They are expressive and strong minded. They love to show you what they know but are hard to get to focus on the small details of the task. They are found in many competitive arenas, usually at the top of their field.

Stormy was a a Goddess, which fits her pretty well too.
-The Goddess is loved by most of the other horses and most people. They are expressive and sensitive and emotional. You will know how they feel. They try very hard to please and will worry and be anxious if you are not happy with them. In the negative they can have scattered energy that is hard to get focused. This personality can be loved on as much as you want.

Gypsy was an Accountant.
-Slow, steady and determined describes this personality. They do not need excitement or fanfare. They like predictability. They want you to have a plan and stick to it. The friendship is important to them, so it is important for them to be honored and appreciated.

Anyways moving on yesterday we ended up having to get more cows in, after missing them on Saturday. I was planning on riding Gypsy but dad decided that he had to come and make sure it was "done right this time" and all the other horses are up in Long Creek beside Teddy, Wily and some "unridable" horses and Mary and Rita had to ride with us his only other choice would have been Stormy and I refuse to let him ride her, he had to ride Gyps.
So I rode darling little Storm, with a saddle of course, because riding her bareback is all but suicide. We ended up having to chase those cows 3 miles up the back canyon before it finally widened out enough to get around them. I blame my father for this because he forgot to warn us that Paul's pyhcotic cows were done with our two extra hiefers and bull. Running with his two cows all winter the heifers were wild as march hares and the bull was on the fight.

No big deal we chased em til they hit the fence and had no room left and chased them back up the canyon. About a half mile back Stormy stepped in wire and I thoughted she'd freak, she just picked her little foot carefully out of it though and cantered on, I was so proud of her!

With almost 2 miles left I mentioned how I'd much rather have ridden bareback[meaning another horse] along with Mary and Rita, and Dad immediately jumped on that.
"If ya wanna ride bareback so bad put that saddle in the rhino with Donald."
Me~Uhhh , shes awful sweaty to ride bareback."
Dad~"Your afraid, hahaha, your afraid of that horse."
Innerself~"Tell him you value your life!"
To innerself~"Our pride won't let me"
Dad~"So?"
Me~Fine"
I hopped off and stripped her of the saddle. Meanwhile innerself was saying what an awful idea it was.
Innerself~We're gonna die!!!"
Me~Deep breaths, we'll be...fine, just fine"
Mary tossed me back on and Stormy skittered.
Innerself~"Shit"
Everbody took off trotting and Donald roared away. I gave Stormy her head and a nudge and off we flew.
Innerself~Told ya so"
She was actually surprisingly easy to hand on even though she was obviously running away with me, she did stop once we got to the other horses though.
Mary~"Ready to go?"
Rita~"Duh'
Dad~I'll stay behind, you guys cross the creek and make sure they don't turn."
Mary and Rita took off in front. So I let the reins go slack and kicked her-a little bit to hard. Bam, racehorse mode, she does love to race Teddy. We whipped up past Wily and Ted so fast Mary and Rita had to grab mane or else get left behind as thier ponies surged to keep up. Mary and I eventually got her and Ted under control and waited for Rita and Wi to catch up. Then we had to cross the creek, which didn't go as bad as it might have. Storm did bog down a little and covered us both in mud but not that bad. The best part was she didn't pull any tricks while we got the cows.

We ended having to go and get mom's crazy Jersey bull from Jim's when we were done and all he wanted to do was fight, Stormy stayed pretty calm though even when a snake slithered under her. But when we got him out of the corral and moving me and Storm had to push him back to the road and in the process crossed a hose. She nicked it with her hind hoof and-whoosh, she spun like a demon and I landed on her neck. She danced across the hose and let me slide back to where I belonged without incident though.

So yeah she was awesome for her first time bareback after cows, and I couldn't be more proud of her, I'm a little sore those, shes alot smaller and harder to hold onto then any of our other horses. But ha my post drug on forever.