Saturday it rained pretty hard and watered our country pretty well. Sunday, we went riding again. Lynn laughed and told me to ahead and break trail! The idea of course was to clear the spiderwebs of course, but in addition, knock all the water off the branches! I knew it was going to be a wet morning, but it was too warm for any kind of water repelling gear.
Soon it was a big laughing matter as both Lynn and I were soaked from the top of our thighs to our boots. How Shirley remains clean and dry is beyond me. She never looks like she is hot or sweaty. Nothing out of place--just that jaunty angle of her helmet, her hand on hip, and an occasional, "Star!"
Today Lynn stayed on her horse most of the time and we tootled around the top of Hennessey. We've been going around sort of backwards and looping through differently and it has been really fun. We weren't gone real long, but I could tell Jupiter was a little tired from the steep trails the day before.
Anyway, my funny story for today was on me. At least I thought it was funny. We were in the lead and heading up one of the steeper inclines back to the road when Jupiter ducked his head down pretty far. Since he ducked, I ducked. Reaction I guess. But the deal is--he ducked all the way under a limb and I sort of ducked into it. Picture this: as he stepped through the bush, a fully loaded, rain-soaked, two foot wide, branch of cedar or pine needles swung and swept directly into my face and chest as I was bent over his neck. I had water running down my face, down the inside of my shirt, which of course gapped open when I leaned over, and puddling about the top of my jeans. My hair was wet and dripping, my shirt stuck to me, and little rivulets of rain water coursed down my body from the visor on my helmet down to my already wet jeans. It was like someone turned a hose on me and soaked me. I laughed. It doesn't get better than that.
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Ok so just think of it this way you did not have to take off your shirt and get it wet because it was hot.
ReplyDeleteIt was fun. We were wet, almost a wet tee shirt contest that no one would pay to see... :)
ReplyDeleteThe "Eureka Mist" as it was, also lets you see how many spider webs there are in the brush, and yuck on that. They are in and on everything. I'd rather not see them all.
And, how does mom stay clean, dry, and looking fresh. The rest of us don't!
And how many times over the years have I said "Hey Alisa, come take the lead". :) I know how much she loves spiders:)