Chinks weather

Yesterday we rode on Underwood. It was sunny and blue sky when we started, but cool. We all "chinked up." :) I even suggested to Shirley that she wear her head scarf. When we got to the ridge, we could tell it was raining in a couple of pockets toward the coast. The breeze was definitely cool up there. By the time we reached the good grass spot down on the bottom for the horses to munch--the sky had completely clouded over and we felt a few tiny little drops. We finished our ride with some nice trots and I saw Ziggy lope along on the good loping trail next to the pond.

We drove to Gary and MaryAnn's place, "The Whole Maryanne Ranch," to see their new living quarters horse trailer. Boy is it nice. It's a two-horse, or in their case--a two-mule, trailer with a really nice interior. The shower has a skylight, which I think is a necessity, and it's large. The kitchen is functional and trimmed with oak; the appliances pretty big considering, and the sleeping area is large. There's an electric awning and an outdoor shower for when you are just too filthy to go inside (and when you have lots of tree detritus in your bra) to shower indoors. :) He showed us cool features for towing and setting up as well. They were really excited and proud of the deal they had made. They've already gone out twice and are looking forward to more adventures. We gave them some ideas and they shared some trails we could go to as well. It was fun.

While we were talking, Goldie and her partner Scooter came down to visit with the boys in the trailer. Of course only Ziggy could see them since he faces that way, but he's all Goldie cares about anyway. There was lots of stamping and carrying on in the trailer. I think it was Star who was not wanting Ziggy leaning over him to get his head out even farther so he could look at his girlfriend. Jupes stomped around because Star had to pee and you know Jupes hates pee splashing on him--even his own! (And my doggone lead rope now has pee on it!) They had a dog and a cat, both from Nancy's animals. They were born on the same day and have grown up together; talk about cute, they rolled around and hugged and bit on each other the whole time we were there. The dog was a blue heeler and the cat looked like Racer. :)

For all that, the best story of the day is about a party on Eagle Rock. Lynn thinks they made up the name, as the place she knows as that is not there. Anyway, we kind of know where they were going because of the tracks on the road. We met LOTS of cars headed down the hill, so we thought the party was the night before. We only met one guy in a truck and trailer headed out while we were riding, but then on the way home, we met a bunch of little cars headed up. Trimmers? Camping party? We don't know, but I bet they were cold--and wet--since it rained half and inch last night and this morning. :)

ANYWAY--there were signs that said, "Eagle Rock" with an arrow at all the junctions on the road. Then Lynn saw the best one:

"Eagle Rock. 

CAREFUL: 

Tippy corner." 

LOL. Happy trails, have a good week, and watch out for the tippy corners!

PS Alisa, you probably ought to ask Lynn for the chinks website and order some before Shirley's birthday--it may be cold and wet! :)