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“Do you have any experience riding?”<\/i><\/div>\n
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“It’s been a few years…..”<\/i><\/div>\n
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To clarify, it had been quite a bit more than a few years since I’d ridden a horse, let alone a mule. I think my cowboy hat gave out a false sense that I knew what I was doing.<\/div>\n
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“Let’s pair you up with Susy Q, she’s a good mule.”<\/i><\/div>\n
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A quick refresher lesson on how to use the reins, etc…to ride Susy Q were given, and we were off, going down the North Kaibob trail<\/a> of the Grand Canyon.<\/div>\n
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Sure footed and steady, Susy Q was the greatest four legged companion I could have asked for. We took the hairpins turns with grace, and I never felt nervous as she stepped precariously close to the edge.<\/div>\n
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I felt free.<\/div>\n
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A couple of hours later, we reach the Supai tunnel, dismount from our mules and take a break to stretch and let the mules rest.<\/div>\n
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Thunder booms in the canyon, and dark clouds are moving quickly across the skyline.<\/div>\n
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We look up and prepare to get soaked as we start the return journey.<\/div>\n
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Good favor is upon us though, as we only get a a few sprinkles that dissipate almost as soon as they fall.<\/div>\n
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We pause for a moment to reflect upon the beauty at Coconino point. Susy Q is now my trusty steed, and I do not want to leave her.<\/div>\n
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“Good girl, Susy Q.”<\/i><\/div>\n
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I pat the nape of her neck one last time before I swing my leg up and over the saddle. I look into her eyes and make that connection between man and beast, then the skies open up with a furious banter, and the rains fall in buckets.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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