Horseback Discovery

  During the first week of my second semester at BYU-I, Spring 2013, I found out about an awesome class called Horseback Discovery. It was four credits (two for environmental stewardship and two Living Prophets) and you spent every Friday in the mountains on horseback. So, naturally, after finding out I could get into the class, I dropped everything and made a new schedule centered on Horseback Discovery.   

And it was the best spontaneous descion I've made.

Rain or shine, I had the opportunity to go find enjoyment and peace in the mountains. On a horse. Once a week. For a whole semester. 

It was bliss. 

I got to meet some really great people, 

and see so many wonderful places I wouldn't have been able to otherwise. 

The class really opened my eyes to what Idaho had to offer.

I would never have known that BYU-Idaho owns an old Mafia cabin up in the mountains. 

or seen half of the land I was able to 

or meet the wonderful people from so many different backgrounds. 

I never would have guessed that I would love horseback riding as much as I did. 

Or that I would embrace the cowboy culture at all 

(Yes, that is a chick on my head) 

or bond with a horse named Jimmy. 

But I did. 

And I am so grateful. 

It really was a wonderful experience full of discovery and an obsurd amount of fun. 

I would drop it all in a heart beat for another experience like it.