EndorphinGirl™ has so much to blog about, but she finds herself in another late evening predicament.  Does she blog, or does she sleep.  Ah, she will attempt the blogging and see where it takes her.  Then she will sleep.

The week prior was filled with another week-long of endorphin’ in the equestrian way.  EndorphinGirl™ and Jack Steel found themselves once again in the big sky country riding some familiar horses.  The horses were familiar because the two trips prior out to big sky country are when EndorphinGirl™ had the chance to ride her favorite horse, Bugs, and Jack Steel, well he got to ride his favorite horse, Buck, both times too.  Since two years have passed since riding Bugs and Buck, a few things have changed on the ranch.  Buck has retired to the big horse sky in heaven; and Jack got to ride Rawhide a new but recognized horse from days past.  Bugs, well he is still around, but he was injured the week prior so he was in the horse infirmary recovering from an injury during the first part of the week.  EndorphinGirl™ only get to ride Bugs at the tail end of the week.

EndorphinGirl™ therefore had a chance to get to ride a new horse, called Dusty.  Now Dusty is a lovely horse, not as tall and sheik as Bugs, but lovely all the same.  Dusty is a little on the lazier side; yes you may even say he is a sleeper.  EndorphinGirl™ rode Dusty for 3 of the 5 days of riding.  On day 3, Dusty, the sleeper, did something rather unusual.  As the merry gang of riders took a break taking break to view the Crazy Mountains, Dusty felt inclined to do the same.  At one point during the break taking break to view the Crazy Mountains, Dusty started to move his head in a downward position.  At first EndorphinGirl™ thought that he was trying to grab some grass from the ground to chow on.  However, when Dusty continued moving forward and then started to turn his body so that he could lie down, well that is when EndorphinGirl™ knew some action on her part was necessary.  Dusty must have been tired because he decided he would lie on the ground (nap?) and take EndorphinGirl™ with him.   
 

According to the wranglers and other riders who were watching this episode unfold – it was like a slow motion movie, as the two – horse and EndorphinGirl™ – slowly moved to the ground.  Frankly, EndorphinGirl™ did not know what was initially happening as Dusty continued in the downward position.  But finally, as she felt her left leg touching the ground with a somewhat rather large horse beginning to lay on it, she quickly slid her leg out from underneath the horse.  Her stem was not about to be damaged – she has too many more miles to run!  She saddled up again and got back on the horse, and they rode off into the . . . .

On the topic of running, each morning during the big sky week, EndorphinGirl™ continued her ROCing routine and started each morning with a run.  This was not her typical run not only because it was in big sky country but also because it was a week of hill running.  The hill run was serious.  It started by going down a very steep hill, around the ranch lake and back up the very steep hill.  This was cardiac acceleration at its best.  The heart rate was moving very fast after the run, the muscles felt stretched and facile (sort of) and the endorphins were ready for the day’s ride. 

EndorphinGirl™  reserves the right to come back to equestrian endorphin' topic next blog, but since it is now again approaching the bewitching hour she will blog off shortly.

Before she blogs off, EndorphinGirl™ shares a picture courtesy of EndorphinDaughter.  The image is not aligned with the horse theme, rather EndorphinDaughter is a week ahead of herself because the image shows EndorphinGirl™ Pina Colada-ing at the shore.  It is just a few more days and the Endorphin Family are shore bound! 

Blogging off for now, until next time come on, give her some bloggee comments in guestbook . . . and keep on endorphin’.

EndorphinGirl™