the birthday boy

I forgot something very important. I didn't post about what Burns and I did for his birthday....in July! I know I uploaded all the pics onto F-Book but I didn't post it here!

We started the day off with none other than the great Denny's.

We then traveled to Banff. On our way there, I spotted the island that we visited back in February for Family Day.

I can't believe we walked to that thing! It looks so far away!

We then got to the corral and we signed in.

So many horses to choose from!

Burns' horse posing for the camera.

 When one of the workers brought me my horse, she said, "His name is Lawson."
"Lawson?" I asked.
"Yeah."
Later on I noticed his name was in his saddle. His name was Larson...the worker was Australian.

Before we even started, everyone was just sitting on their horses and this one lady in the group started freaking out because her horse was moving around. She was so scared that she didn't even go on the trip.

This is what being on a horse looks like.

While we were on the trail - oh it was about an hour long ride by the way - the guy ahead of me started asking one of the guides questions about the Rocky Mountains and Banff. Then he asked about the pronghorns or mountain goats or something. He said, "Are they carnivores?" The guide responded with what seemed like no surprise and said no. I couldn't believe my ears. He was even from either Canada or the US. I don't remember which. I just looked back at Burns with disbelief and he returned the same look haha!

Crossing the river was the scariest part. We had to lead our horses slightly upstream so that they would stay on path and not be swept away.

We held up traffic.

 We then went on a little walk to see some waterfalls.

And went to the cutest little restaurant in Banff called Squish.

Those sandwiches were SOOOOOO good!

Anyways...sorry for the super late post. It needed to be done. Happy 24th b-day Boonie!