Day 12 - Horseback Riding In Montana

Tony surprised us last night by booking a 3 hour horseback ride through the hills and mountains of Montana! How exciting! The landscape is gorgeous and seeing it without an automobile would be magnificent.

We arrived 20 minutes early like we were told. Unfortunately not everyone took that information seriously. After waiting 30 minutes for everyone to arrive we were saddled up. These were very mild mannered horses so there was no worry about any one of them deciding to take off, but Layla's kept wanting to wander over and see his girlfriend in the coral. Layla was already very nervous and not really being able to keep her horse still sent her over the edge. I offered to trade horses, as mine was the mildest one there, but at this point she was just way to scared having never been on a horse by herself. Since this was a 3 hour ride it was not recommended to double up. We made the decision that Layla and I would stay back while Tony and Maya went ahead. Poor Layla was very upset at this point, but the ranch hands were so good with her. It was very comforting to see. I felt so bad for her because she was so excited and she said she felt bad for me because she knew I really wanted to do this. It's what we Moms (and Dads) do. We sacrifice things for our children. There was no way I was going to make her be on a horse she was terrified of riding for 3 hours. I may get my chance in Glacier, but I'm not going to worry about it. I've seen some beautiful things already and I feel the best is yet to come!

At this point, Layla and I headed back to the camper. It was 1/2 mile down the road and we watched movies and I read a little. We picked up Tony and Maya at 4:30 then went into town to get gas and some food. We are now chilling watching another movie. We have the camper all ready to head out tomorrow. We have an 8 hour drive to Glacier with a stop in Butte, Montana to yet another Walmart, oh fun! We have to winterize our camper and Wally World sells what we need as well as some other things. I'm going to have to buy instant coffee because we won't be able to do dishes. I'm so sad. I bought some french vanilla DD coffee and have very much enjoyed it. Oh well, life gives you ups and downs and you deal with it, right? Actually, I'm sure they have a place to do dishes so ti

One thing I keep forgetting to mention is how diverse this place is. I bet half the people in this campground are from another country outside of North America. There is a lot of French speaking people I'm assuming are from Quebec, but I hear Italian, maybe Dutch, and Asian languages. I tend to say hello to people when passing them. It's so interesting to realize that some don't understand me. I asked a couple if they were using a laundry basket in the laundry room here and they looked at me, then looked at each other, then looked at me, never saying a word. I later heard them talking and couldn't understand them at all. Yellowstone does accompany this because the visitor centers have the main things in English, then written in 3 or 4 other languages! It's quite interesting!And you can tell certain people are not from here because they are all dressed up to hike a trail!

That's about it for today. We are off to sleep! Good Night!