Oh yes - maybe with a big straw hat? I wished I had a camera yesterday - after I knew my daughter and her horse were safe.
We were riding a llimited distance (30 mile) endurance ride. Abby and Gabriel had come to what looked like a good natural watering spot. Just as my friend and I got there, Abby's horse, Smoke, stepped into what turned out to be a horse head deep pool of mucky sludgy goop. He was floudering and fighting to regain his footing. At one point, he was nearly down on one side and she was still in the saddle. I yelled "get off". She said later that she heard me but just couldn't think it was a good idea. When the good horse struggled up the other side, he was covered in slimey mud all the way up over his eyes and into his ears. He looked like he'd been dipped in a very nasty fondue. We rode on down to a clean tank of water and sponged off his ears, nose, eyes and face. When we finished, we found out several people had taken the plunge, including one woman whose horse came to an abrupt stop and launched her over his head into the mire. The man she was riding with kept saying "Come on, Lynn, you can do it", encouraging her to pull herself out of the yuck. He confessed later that it was mostly a matter of not wanting to go in after her. Nancy
