(5/19/99)
Sindi Bailey feels right at home on the back of a horse.
"Ever since I was a kid, I've been around them my whole life," she says. "My dad rodeod before he was married, it was a part of his life and in turn a part of my life."
Up through high school, life for Sindi was on a cattle ranch in Richfield.
But her life now is much different.
The only horse at the Bailey home is a wooden one in the family room.
So is she a country girl living in the city, or a city girl with a little bit of country?
"I'm definitely a country girl living in the city. If I had my way I'd be out of the city tomorrow," she says.
"I tried to talk my husband into moving somewhere small, and he's from D.C., and he's not going to go there. But I would love to raise my kids in a small town," Sindi says.
Sindi admits getting Thurl out of the city won't be easy. Getting him on a horse is even tougher.
"He's been on one a couple of times and that's about as far as we got. He was big enough, the horse could probably ride him," Sindi says.
So Sindi rides with her daughter whenever they visit the ranch.
BreElle is only 3, and a pretty good rider.
On this day, Sindi and I rode on the Dimple-Dell trail.
What does she think of when she gets out with the horses?
"Just clear your head. Everything, everything. It's such great therapy for me. You have no worries in the world. You come back a new person," Sindi says.
Sindi is certainly a different person since her days in Richfield.
But she'll never give up her love of the country, and especially her love of horses.
"I have a wonderful husband, beautiful kids, a wonderful family. I wouldn't trade my life for anything," she says.
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