[Ditter]

After school I would saddle up my horse...... oh wait... I didn't have a saddle. OK I would put a bridle on my horse....... oh wait, at first I didn't have a bridle. I rigged a rope around my horse's lower jaw and rode off until dark. This was on the west side of Houston near a small town named Bellaire. Yeah, the world has changed.

My kids and grandkids are grown now and I would never let them do that, the world has changed.

[Rusty0604]

I did the same thing and still live to talk about it.

[Conservative4Ever]

Hah...sounds like my daughter with her pony. Had both saddle and bridle and didn’t much bother. Kinda rigged a hackamore things and she was off. Rule was be home before dark and stay with your girlfriends. Those were the days, wouldn’t even think of it today. If i were riding today as i did when i was a young adult I would be carrying and the trail dog or two. Times sure have changed.