The final day. In the morning we have a trail ride planned, and if it doesn’t rain in the afternoon, we’ll have a chance to play with cattle. Everyone wants to play with the cattle, but we also know that the drought and fires in Colorado need rain, so we are hoping for some of the wet stuff.

We had a chance to sleep in a bit this morning since there weren’t any "catch-up" classes at 7:30 this morning. The mounted police officers Dan and Lisa and I didn’t leave the hotel til nearly 7:00! However, when we compared notes, we found that we’d all been up and at ’em for at least an hour. They had gone out for a run (altitude and all). Lisa only missed one day of running while we were there. Dan did weights at the hotel a few days and ran a couple of times with Lisa. I was perfectly content with the exercise I was getting at the ranch each day.

The morning started with the usual stretching and three exercises designed to help our balance, coordination, and seat. Since it was the last day, we all took a few more chances and did a little more. A few harder and faster bucks on "Big Red" the spring horse; more daring maneuvers on the trampoline; and more all-out play and fun on the volleyball court.

We had our horses ready for the trail ride. After the one the other day we knew this wasn’t just your normal ride and sight see outing. Before anyone could go we all had to take our horses over several up and down obstacles in the "playground" at the ranch. These included jumping up and down at least a foot or a foot and a half