A Wonderful Day

It has been a fantastic day. I made two new friends, and I rode a liver chestnut gelding named Simon for 4 hours. I purchased a first edition copy of Sea Star with the original dust jacket, a copy of a book about Exterminator that I hadn't seen since third grade, a 1967 edition of Andre Norton's Starman's Son: 2250 AD, and the first book of Sharon Green's The Blending series. The friends are the manager of Sombrero Ranch in Allenspark, "Compass", and their new wrangler, Kawena, a student in the equine sports program at Colorado State University. In saying Kawena's name, the w is pronounced as a "v", and her name rhymes with Havana. She's a first year student, and grew up on Kauai, where she rodeo'd from the 5th grade on, and her family breeds and shows reining and roping horses. .... Had dinner with Kathy, Jim, Sarah and Mike; just got home. More tomorrow!! (Including photos!)