So happy!

Here it is! The big nest. Empty hopefully. We just don't know where the hornets went. This is an answer to prayers! We rode up the road and when we got near, we trotted hard past the where the trail meets the road. We looked back and there it was. Crushed. We can't tell if it got knocked out the tree by a branch or something or got too heavy. It is big! It was on the back side of the tree and pretty high, so that's why we didn't see it. But, dang! we had to have gone under it a bunch of times! 

The rest of the ride was pretty fun. We rode Cobweb Alley backwards. Still vigilant, but fun. Poor Jupes--every time he put his head down to scratch or shook his head, I was quick to kick him into action. Just in case. . .  lol 

There were spider webs everywhere. Lynn usually carries a madrone branch and swings it around to clear them out. I guess I missed one and left it swinging. She lost her branch when she swooped it out of her path. :) This is was she looks like: An invention for Lynn!

We finished our ride early and beat the heat. Two hours is better than none! I am glad we get to go out and with our horses and dogs (and of course, each other!).