The Mandelbear's Musings

Bushman’s Holiday was posted this morning on GoingSideways.blog.

This morning at seven, I was called to the gate to find two men and three horses waiting for me. Two of the horses were Appaloosas; one was a very pretty bay whom I was later told was a celebrity horse: he had been featured in a Taylor Swift video. I felt that the two appies deserved some love too, so I told the guide the romantic story of the Appaloosa and the Nez Perce people who bred it, along with the horses’ role in the Nez Perce war. He was really interested to hear it, and I hope he’ll pass it on to other people who ride their Appaloosas sometimes.

This wide, vast territory, with zebras in the distance and jackals playing underfoot, is a perfect environment to see from horseback.

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In the afternoon, I went on the bushman’s walk activity. I had been a little worried about that — I mean, I’m a lady who uses wheelchairs for airport distances, and I wasn’t at all sure how far the bushmen would take us. But it all worked out fine, because there was so much for them to show us in a small area that we never actually went very far… while learning an enormous amount.