OUR EXTREME DREAM

     This morning I met up with some friends at Cary State Forest.  I took Rocky and Izzy.  I wanted to get a few fresh trail miles on Izzy before Erik takes her on her first big girl ride.

     Heading out.

     Rocky was in the mood to do his Mustang Shuffle, so I spent most of the ride way ahead of everyone else.

     It did give me several opportunities to take pictures.

     I just love this mule.

     Here we are waiting for everyone to catch up.

     Playing on the bridge

     Checking out the scary red thing

     Back at the trailer

     Izzy has the prettiest head

     HERE are the rest of my pics.

     HERE are KD's pics.

     My friend, Crystal Emery, and I went riding at the Equestrian Center with Tanya and Chele today. It was Emery's first time in many, many years on a horse.

     We first headed to the gazebo. We were still curious why it was in the middle of nowhere. Come to find out, it's not. We passed two car loads of people along the way. LOL, they were obliviously from the inner city and were very surprised to see us. We decided to find out where they came from by following their tire tracks. They took us all the way to FCCJ. From FCCJ, we picked a "new to us trail" and found the lake Susan that told us about last weekend. Then, we headed out another trail and wound up on the main drag.

     The trails at the EC are nice, but I have to admit it's not my favorite place. The majority of the rodes are paved. This is great for cyclists (which we saw lots of) but not so much for horses. I am hopeful though. There was a crew of loggers clearing areas while we were there (horses did well with all of that). Maybe they will leave the new roads unpaved???

     Tanya lead us out on her new horse, Genny.  Emery followed on Rocky.

     Here's a nice pic of Tanya and Genny

     After our ride, you know we had to check out the EC.  There's just so much to play on there.

     Tanya opted to bathe Genny in the new washrack instead of playing.

     Of course, we had to get a pic with the EC horse.  Now you have to understand that Rocky is a horse who likes to work.  I honestly think he is bored with pics (they're not part of his contract).  These are the best we could do.

     HERE are just a few more.

     What a fabulous day!  After several weeks off, I finally got to ride.  Cory, my niece (Melody), and I met some friends Thomas Creek in Callahan.  These are some newer trails so it felt like we were sploring.

     Denise on her new horse, Ace, and Melody on Rocky

     Robbie on Ramsey

     Liz on Monarch

     Cory and Melody trotted much of the ride.  It makes my heart happy to see Cory on her pony.  They are true partners when she's relaxed and not worrying so much. 

     Me (who's still working on those fat arms) and Linc (who's worried about his buddies leaving him)

     Cory is a superb trail boss!

     HERE are a few more pics.

Cory and I met up with Liz and the boys for a ride at Cedar Point Preserve.  I rode Rocky and pined Izzy.  Izzy was a total basketcase on the way there.  Once she unloaded, she was fine.  She's such a fruitloop.

HERE are the rest.

I finished bathing the horses today.  Izzy out with Faith enjoying the grass.

While I was going to get Rocky, Cory decided she'd wash the dogs. She's so funny. She had Stormy in the cross ties when I got back..

Scooter

Daisy

Rocky

HERE are just a few more.