"Really?" she asked, pleasantly surprised. And blushes, embarrassed at her assumptions. "I suppose most of what we hear back East of life out here, it sounds more....rugged."

Betty carefully edges around a mud puddle as they pass it. She'll have to get some better shoes for this kind of terrain as well. At least she knew how to ride a horse.

Sidesaddle.

She looks around as they pass different buildings. General Store. Hotel. Seamstress. Bank.