I missed it!

  "Hey! You missed it! A bear just ran across the road!" Jupiter's head flew up and caught Lynn's attention and she got to see a humongous bear run across the road. We were at Little Happy Camp on Sunday. We had just arrived and the horses were tied to the trailer on the road side. It was the beginning of a glorious day and good riding and good digging for the girls. 

Coby is getting so much better at letting Lynn mount up. But, like Jupes, he is a round belly kind of guy and his saddle slips when we go downhill. He doesn't like Lynn on neck and so he does some little bucking movements to get her off. Well, I say little, but that's because Lynn is keeping him from full on bucking. 

Last year when he bucked her off, we figured it was because of the crupper, so she hasn't used it yet this year. Well, yesterday she got off on the first long downhill and put it on him. He did not like it, but it worked and there was so much else going on (all those big black stumps!), that eventually he seemed to forget it.

We tried some boonie bouncing to make a loop, and although Cody doesn't like it, he listens and goes. We did not make a successful loop because what we found is there are A LOT of down branches covering the ground. It was simply too hard and too thick to get through. We didn't ride long, but the boys and the dogs got a work out. We didn't see any wildlife, but we saw a huge bear print in the mud and lots of deer tracks. 

Lynn set up the game camera and we will be going back to see what we can see. :)

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