This is the first family video from the Tetons. It has some of my favorite people in it. I'm still working on a video that has the hikes in it. Until then, here it is...

Horse Riding, Cowboy fools!

This is our horse ride in the Tetons. The opening shots are from my grandmother's old movies. I think I inherited my love of the Tetons from her. I'll bet she had thousands of hours of old movie shots of the Tetons. Funny how they don't look any different now than they did in those old 8mm movies from 45 years ago. Watching those old movies really brings back a lot of good memories. It's a wonderful thing to be able to look back and remember the good times and how much fun we had together. However, I have decided that these days, a one hour ride on a horse at a slow walk is more than enough to last me for a long, long, time.

Opening shots include my Uncle Gary and Aunt Arlene, with Arlene's sister LaRae. (I called her Mabel - I don't know why.) But we had a lot of good times in the Tetons. I think these movies were taken on the trip where Gary took us to the cafeteria for dinner one day. Mabel and I thought you had to take one of everything, so when they rang up the bill, Gary was amazed. He threatened us that we had better eat everything we took or else. We couldn't possibly eat it all, but as was usually the case, Gary's bark was worse than his bite. I can remember Paul coming back from a camping trip to the Tetons with Gary, where Gary had made Paul sit in the showers for 4 hours while they washed his clothes. Good times!

Caitlin loves horses so much, but she is soooo allergic. She was really the reason we went horseback riding - that, and it was Coulton's last trip before his mission. Caitlin always has to take a Benydril before riding, and then change out of her clothes immediately when she is done. She had a good time, but was drowsy the rest of the day. The rest of us city slickers had a good time, but I for one was glad the trip only lasted an hour. I walked funny for the rest of the trip... how did John Wayne do that?

Ride, Cowboy, Ride seemed appropriate for this day.