What kind of preparation, you ask? Well, aside from my usual near-obsessive planning, we have been taking riding lessons to get in shape for the "riding across the Scottish Highlands" part of the trip. Yes. Riding. On Horses. For four days.
Meet Max, John's leg-strengenther for the last 7 weeks. And here's KC, who got me used to cantering again:
We took lessons at Trillium Farm with Etsuko and Susi. They were just fantastic instructors, always encouraging but tough enough to get us into shape in just 7 weeks! We haven't ridden for over 20 years, so they had their work cut out for them. Etsuko, Susi, we miss you already!
OK, off to check one more time that I packed the right socks and electronics chargers -- and get a few hours of sleep.
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