Stagecoach in front yard 6/85
Gary with cousin Richard Murie. For perspective, just consider,
Richard is in the Air Force, has been married for many years
and has 3 beautiful little girls of his own.
the girls with cousin Gabriel Combs.
Krista, Gabe and Billy
Gary with Billy and Eryn on the lunge-line
Cape Sebastian, Oregon 6/86
Krista and Eryn LOVED their stick horses,
so creatively made by their Aunt Julie
so creatively made by their Aunt Julie
(not once but twice!...they wore out the first ones).
We often had company visiting from Arizona. when the Murie grandparents would come, always bringing their huge fifth-wheel, they'd invariably bring one of the Murie cousins...this time Richard. Gabriel visited a couple of times, once with the fam and once or twice with Grandma Bailey. The horses, and Billy in particular were a major theme for any visit from ANYONE
(not every person was capable of mounting and staying mounted
on those wild and wonderful stick horses afterall!)
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Readers: don't believe any nonsense, should it be written in the future, about the two of us riding our stick horses until we were 16. It's not true.
What wonderful memories. I remember our stagecoach was the most beautiful thing we'd ever built. It was HUGE. And fast. And our horses were straight out of a Jane Austen film.
You are correct about 16...but there can be NO dispute about the actual age of stick-horse retirement being 13!!
Yes, it was 13--and now there are two witnesses. Although they were becoming somewhat circumspect--as I recall Eryn tried to casually conceal her stick horse when she carried it on an airplane by using a pillow case over its poor head....
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