Bryce Canyon on Horseback
Choosing the 3-hour ride over the 1.5 hour ride was an obvious overreach in retrospect. Retrospect began about an hour into the trip. They’d saddled me with lazy, worn out gray and I had to work almost as hard as the horse. (Their stable of horses generally sucked.) By 1.5 hours in, it was all about survival. It was mostly my knees, but I could feel it starting in my back and thighs. By the time it was over, it was all I could do to limp back to my truck, hoping I’d be able to walk at all the following day.
I’m happy to report that walking did happen the next day. On the other hand, it’s 48 hours post ride and I’m still in pain. But…
Bryce is everything everyone’s ever told you it was. Here are some stills followed by a video.
4 Responses to “Bryce Canyon on Horseback”
Wow! That is so amazing. So clear and present. I would love to hike there. I cant believe some people didn’t wear a hat in that high mountain sun. I pictured you in your bad ass black cowboy hat on that hot dusty trail. I hope I’m not to be disappointed!.
Happy trails, Mark.
Yvonne xxxxx
Hi Yvonne! I wanted to wear my cowboy hat but they insisted that all hats have a chin strap 🙁
Looks and sounds totally awesome (except for the pain part!) Amazing pictures
[…] were three highlights of my stay. The first was my 3-hour (ouch!) horseback ride into and out of Bryce Canyon. The second was a quick visit from brother Scott, who flew into a nearby airport-lette and was kind […]
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