Love the pictures! Love the stories! Yes, camels are nasty, but what can you do?? They bite, spit, and obviously try to throw you off. I have only ridden horses (some of them like that also) and the occasional cow or two in Mississippi when no horses were available. Actually, the cows were much more placid, and didn´t mind us riding. They went their own way of course. We never tried a saddle or bridle. The horses in Mississippi we rode bareback, but we did have bridles.
Thanks, Diane. And yeah, not only were the camels uncooperative, but they're particularly hard to ride if your legs are on the short side. You sit on the saddle, teetering on the top of the hump, and brace your bare feet against the camel's curved neck. Only my feet didn't quite reach the neck.
Love the pictures! Love the stories! Yes, camels are nasty, but what can you do?? They bite, spit, and obviously try to throw you off. I have only ridden horses (some of them like that also) and the occasional cow or two in Mississippi when no horses were available. Actually, the cows were much more placid, and didn´t mind us riding. They went their own way of course. We never tried a saddle or bridle. The horses in Mississippi we rode bareback, but we did have bridles.
Thanks, Diane. And yeah, not only were the camels uncooperative, but they're particularly hard to ride if your legs are on the short side. You sit on the saddle, teetering on the top of the hump, and brace your bare feet against the camel's curved neck. Only my feet didn't quite reach the neck.
Even harder!!