Giddy Up Up UP~ New Zealand Day 3

We asked the boys if there was anything in particular they wanted to do while in New Zealand and the over whelming response was horse back riding on a mountain trail. 

So we went, we found a place that offered a three hour ride UP I mean really, really UP the mountain.

Good thing I did not know how high and how steep the hills were before we left because I may have backed out, that would have been a bad decision, this was an amazingly beautiful ride.  We do not have any photos to show the steep hills because there was no way for us to take our hands off the reigns to handle the camera.

The views were incredible, we rode through water

We rode through the fields with the sheep and the little baby lambs.  Our guide warned to not allow a baby lamb too close to our horse because the lambs do not see very well and will tend to try to latch on and nurse the horses leg, as you can imagine the horse would protest.

Some trotting and light galloping was necessary in order to go up the hills.  When we talked about a three hour ride we thought that was a great idea and it WAS great.  I am realizing that this is a ride that just keeps giving as I believe at least Scott and I will be feeling that saddle for a few days yet to come.  We would do it again, we all really enjoyed the peacefulness and adventure of our ride.