Saturday the 23rd of August

Saturday I woke up and got ready to go to the farm to learn about horses. I ate breakfast and my dad sister and I were out the door right after breakfast! We got to the farm which is located on a hillside over looking the city of Santa Ana. Muy bonita! First we fed all of the animals and gave them fresh water. Then started taking one animal out at a time to clean them, and clean out there stall. We got the first horse out and my dad gave me two brushes, one which was a block of wood with 6 bottle tops nailed into it. This was used to get all the dirt and old hair loose on the horse. The second one was used to brush all of the dirt and hair off of the horse. I was suprised on how hard I could brush the horse becuase I thought they were super sensitive but I was wrong. I got the first horse done and was glad becuase he didnt like me becuase he knew I was scared. The second horse came out and I knew what to do so it didnt take as long as the first time. I was taught that to calm a horse down, you dont make the nuututtutut with you tounge but woooo woooooo woooooo sound. This is becuase the first sound gets them riled up and when you cleaning a horse that could crush you, the last thing you want is to get them riled up! I finished up with that horse and did three more including a colt. We cleaned out every stable and dumped all of the caca and old hay in the field to dry out and become good fertilizer. When we were all done My father took my sister and I down the mountain to a small house that was also a bar. We got soda and cooled down for a bit. After we took three horses that were from the barn next to the bar out for a ride. They were beautiful, clean, well trained horses that belonged to a doctor. We went through the street for a while and it was scary because the cars came so close to the horses and it seemed like the driver would have been willing to hit the horse just to get by. We rode through the street for a while and then through some dirt roads in the hills. We got back and went home. I was so sore from bouncing up and down on the horse and super hot when we got back to the casa. I wasnt tired and the one thing I wanted to be in was a pool! So I convinced my mom and sister to walk up the mountain for 45min in the sun to go to the pool at Conversa. We got there and jumped in the pool. It felt so good and we were only there for about 30min before we saw the afternoon thunderstorm coming. We were tired and didnt want to walk all the way back down the mountain. Right when we were getting ready to go we saw Gata, my tia just leaving the office. We were so lucky to see her becuase we got a free ride back down to our house right before it down poored. Later we rented the movie Hangover and watched it. Then it was off to bed.