Getting old is not for the wimpy

[Lilly001]

The Wifey and I are at the Fl house for Thanksgiving watching the animals so our Son, his wife and our two grandchildren can go camping in north Ga with her parents.
Every thing was going great until this am when a neighbor rings the door bell to tell us a horse got out of the fence.
He didn’t go far and she had him in a pasture at her place next door.
So Wifey and I head over.
Now she is still recovering from a broke leg 5 months ago so I “volunteered “ to walk the horse back.
The trek was only a couple hundred yards but the horse is a younger gelding with a lot of life, and corresponding less training, in him.
That walk absolutely exhausted me.
Over the years I have done similar walks with similar, or worse, horses uncounted times.
But boy did it wear me out.
I’m lounging around the rest of the day.

 

[sinclair1]

Time for a health resolution.

 

[fflintlock]

Horses can and will flat wear you out, especially a yearling or a foal.

 

[The Original Rooster]

I feel your pain. I've started getting in more steps every day because I noticed how easy it was for me to get winded.

 

[JustUs4All]

I like winded. It gives me the opportunity to slow down and thoroughly enjoy my surroundings.

 

[Batjack]

I like winded. It gives me the opportunity to slow down and thoroughly enjoy my surroundings.

Not in a stairwell.

 

[Hoss]

Nope, every year gets a little harder. Keep pushing. Helps stave it off, but still happens. The other big thing is recovery time is a lot longer than it used to be.

 

[turkeykirk]

Thought you were supposed to ride the horse!

 

[livinoutdoors]

My theory is that you just push back harder and harder against old age stuff till it kills ya.

 

[oldways]

Thought you were supposed to ride the horse!View attachment 1193012

Both the horse and her pants are painted huh

 

[Lilly001]

Thought you were supposed to ride the horse!View attachment 1193012

In my younger days I could do that.
But I would spend time in the hospital, or die, if I tried that stuff now.
It is frustrating that our body’s deteriorate so much as we age.
But I guess it’s better than the alternative.