"Wanna ride a horsey!" came out of Mae's mouth last week. We told her we would ride a horsey once it got cooler outside. She continued to repeat her desire to ride a horsey, and followed it up with some good crying! We told her, we'd find a horsey for her to ride soon. 
Over the next few days she would mention riding a horsey and it would fade. We got on the internet to research places to ride horses in the area. We are in Texas afterall. We looked in our city, and there were a few places that gave lessons, but we were more or less looking for a place where Mae could get on a horsey, ride for a while and we could leave. I continued looking for places over the next few days when I thought about checking out the Stockyards in Fort Worth. BINGO! 
They had 20 minute rides for all ages! Sweet, this is the place! So, today rolled around and we asked Mae if she wanted to go ride a horsey. She sure did. Not just any horsey....a BIG horsey! We headed down to the stockyards, and it was pretty busy down there. We located the arena that was suppose to offer the rides. It took us a few minutes to figure out where everything was. We told the workers that Mae wanted to ride, and they found the horse that would be right for her. His name was 2-10. I was hoping for a cuter name, but I guess it worked. Mae was led around on the horse for 20 minutes and enjoyed every moment of it. To my surprise she was okay with getting off the horse and going to find something to drink. We went over the love shack for some beverages. A good ol' Arnold Palmer (tea and lemonade mixed together) sure hits the spot on a hot Texas summer day. Mae opted for a Root beer from the tap. 
We relaxed, and enjoyed the live music that the restaurant had. I'm sure this wasn't our last trip to "Ride a horsey" in the stockyards. We're just glad she enjoyed it so much!
Over the next few days she would mention riding a horsey and it would fade. We got on the internet to research places to ride horses in the area. We are in Texas afterall. We looked in our city, and there were a few places that gave lessons, but we were more or less looking for a place where Mae could get on a horsey, ride for a while and we could leave. I continued looking for places over the next few days when I thought about checking out the Stockyards in Fort Worth. BINGO! They had 20 minute rides for all ages! Sweet, this is the place! So, today rolled around and we asked Mae if she wanted to go ride a horsey. She sure did. Not just any horsey....a BIG horsey! We headed down to the stockyards, and it was pretty busy down there. We located the arena that was suppose to offer the rides. It took us a few minutes to figure out where everything was. We told the workers that Mae wanted to ride, and they found the horse that would be right for her. His name was 2-10. I was hoping for a cuter name, but I guess it worked. Mae was led around on the horse for 20 minutes and enjoyed every moment of it. To my surprise she was okay with getting off the horse and going to find something to drink. We went over the love shack for some beverages. A good ol' Arnold Palmer (tea and lemonade mixed together) sure hits the spot on a hot Texas summer day. Mae opted for a Root beer from the tap. We relaxed, and enjoyed the live music that the restaurant had. I'm sure this wasn't our last trip to "Ride a horsey" in the stockyards. We're just glad she enjoyed it so much!
Oh that looks like fun. I will have to remember that when Lincoln gets old enought. I bet he would love that.
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