The morning was not promising, it started out rainy but I had high hopes for the day. I started to become a little concerned when Buffy started shivering, I don't want her to get sick, but we went any way. We decided to try a new tactic and begin in the back to keep Buffy calm. This time we had a couple of friends along. Linda and her steady mount Ted, Tamara and her fiery little Barb Acey.
All went relatively well, I was not really worried about losing a boot, because Garret and Rusty from Easycare
http://www.easycareinc.com/showed me a cool way to use a product called Sikaflex to glue the boots on. Sooooo.....we got up on top of the ridge above Stephs house and started to motor along.
That is until Acey started loosing boots. She has really small feet and could not wear gloves. We stopped to allow Tamara time to replace and retape the boots. Buffy and I were out in front, and all of a sudden I heard Tamara shout, then Acey and Tamara came flying by demonstrating a buck that would earn her honors at the NFR. Unfortunately Tamara lost her seat, but ever the horseman Tamara climbed back on, and we moved on....with the exception of Linda's Ted, we did not lose any more boots. The rest of the 12.5 miles to the vet check went beautifully, ground was wet, and there was a little slipping but the trail was so cool, especially the part where we went through the tunnel of brush leading to the creek crossing. The vet check was awsome, flat with lots of help. I was so proud of Buffy, because for the first time, she ate her "gruel" and sampled everyone's hay.
We rode through the area where the "horney donkey" lives, I was hoping to see him, but he was hiding. The canyons were so pretty, with little oaisis in them.
I really like the terrain of todays trail, the technical portions are really good for Buffy, it forces her to think about where she puts her feet, rather than mindlessly trotting down easy trail. One of my favorite portions was the Crazy Woman Mine and the stone corral. I really wanted to take pictures, but the stupid camera ran out of batteries, I will take extra's from now on. We finished the 25 mile loop in fine form, and happily approached the last vet check. All of the horses passed with flying colors, and we picked up a junior because her sponsor's horse was pulled. We we gathered everyone up and started out of the vet check. I heard a shout....and here comes Acey flying by in that great big buck of her's...Once again Tamara gave it a valliant effort, but lost her seat, that girl will hurt in the morning! The rest of the ride went smoothly, Linda and Ted were so awsome, they took care of our junior and got the gates for us! They were definitely the hero's of the day....
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