We're riding!

Good grief! I think about writing on the blog all the time, but have not sat down to do it! Mostly because I wanted to post pictures, too. Well, forget it for now. I will just ramble on without them.

First of all, one day Lynn and I drove up to our new spot, Happy Camp. We wanted to check the roads. I have some good footage of Lynn logging with her new battery chainsaw, which was awesome! We kicked rocks. We dragged branches and some trees off the road. There was some good wood lying about, but we didn't have room for that kind of stuff. We were busy. It was fun. There might some snow on the back side, but today was pretty warm. . .probably 70, so it won't last.

We have ridden three times since Social Distancing and the Corona Virus hit our world. First we went up Hennessey. When we started out, we were pretty sure we heard two bobcats? mountain lions? caterwauling at each other not far up the road toward the meadow. Lynn put the bear bells on Haley and we headed quickly up the trail away from the sound. I admit I was nervous and kept looking back over my shoulder.

The highlight, besides being ahorseback, were the turtles at the pond. We were happy because we didn't see any last year and were worried that they had been eaten. Nope. Lynn thinks there were probably 20. Of course I didn't get to see them on the log, but pretty sure I saw a big one on the bottom. There were lots of branches down and some new trees, but Deadwood Ridge is still clear.

Jupiter was kind of a pill. Usually it's the second time out, but he was worrying about his belly. He wanted grass or he wanted to go home and eat the hay that might be gone before he got there. He is a horse that needs to be ridden and ridden often. On the way down the hill, both Jupiter and Ziggy were continually look back and listening. Jupes was a bit nervous, so I was on high alert, too.

Day two we went up Underwood and went boonie-crashing! What a blast. We parked down on the road where we used to park before it got so busy. Then we picked our way up our old trail. We had so much fun. There was a tiny bit of snow here and there, but the boys got to eat grass and we came down and around and ended up on the road that forks to the south (if that makes sense!). We didn't go by the pond and where we have been parking, so we still don't know if we can get up there, but it was a glorious day. I loved it.

Last Thursday, Lynn took a V-day afternoon. Call it a vacation afternoon or a Vicki day (because I'm home)--doesn't matter, it was fun. Shirley and Buster came, too. We rode down on the Hennessey Ranch. We went backwards on our trail and let the horses eat some more grass. On the way, we made a trail to the south side of the road and came out up on the main road. Again, it was fun. Jupes does best when he needs to think about his feet. :) Buster and Shirley did well, too.

So that's it. Three times is better than no times. It has been raining and cold here for months. I am not complaining, but I sure missed riding.