Awwh that is awesome hun. For ppl that have never felt that experience of riding, it is most definitely one that I recommend.
Idk how really to describe it other than freeing.
Riding a bike fast really IS like riding the wind.
Ya get that same kind of feeling riding horses.
If you ride horses without a saddle or with one of the minimal english saddles like I used sometimes it is much better.
You are more "one" with the horse, you can feel what it is going to do.Same for the horse feeling you.
I could not stand riding on those western saddles, felt weird, you couldnt feel the horse at all.
One of the few times I rode in one I ending up at the hospital with a crack pelvic bone. Horse fell over backwards with me and the damn horn got me
Yeppers Nana was the official"black sheep"in my family.
My younger brother& sis thanked me cause they said by the time our parents went thro my older brother& me they were too tired to keep up with them & they got away with bout anything.

Yes, I felt free. I suppose that is what heaven will feel like.

I was always in awe of those who could ride horses so naturally. Sounds like it was a joyous childhood/teen years. Sorry about the broken pelvic bone. Owwww. Love you Nana.