Saddle sore

We amazed our hosts at the Elkhorn Lodge by not enjoying their free beer and wine too much, since we woke up at 6.30am to go for a 4 hour ride in the National Park. This stable was more touristy than the Rusty Spurr Ranch and the rules of the use in National Park didn't allow more than walking with the horses. But four hours walk is still quite enough, especially when we are not used to the Western saddles. The views were amazing, we climbed up hills so steep and rocky I would never take my own horse to such, and saw deer and other smaller animals on our way.

After the ride and a shower (really needed at that point), we headed towards Denver. We stopped for a lunch in Boulder, in the Tajikistan tearoom we had visited also last time I was here. I remembered the place to be unique and food was great, and so it was even today. At the counter there we met the first Finnish-origin American for this trip, a young girl who after seeing our name asked whether we were from Finland and then spoke perfect Finnish. Her mom was Finnish and obviously been talking Finnish to her, she had only slight accent in her speaking.

Then we arrived to Cindy's and were welcomed by excellent meal and a trip to Costco (wholesale supermarket the American way, I was so amazed) where they had e.g. one gallon mustard bottles for sale (honestly who needs one gallon of mustard??? 3,8 litres!!!).

Miles today: 77mi
On horseback: 15mi