It rained on us one day, and for the first time in a long while, I was cold. When we left the temp was over 100, and we came back to 100 + temps again. So the cooler mountain air was quite refreshing.
On day 2, after the rain let up, we rode horse up to Iron Bog Lake. It was a bit steep in a few spots, but the kids all did great. Cooper and Carson each rode their own horse, Lainee rode with me, and Ashlin rode with Randall. The lake was beautiful. Paul and Randall caught a few fish, and the kids ran around in the mud.
On day 3 after Mitch and his girls Claire and Kate joined us, we rode to Brockie Lake. It was a longer ride, so we left earlier in the day and packed a lunch. The kids enjoyed fishing, and although Carson didn't catch a fish, Cooper and several of the other kids caught several! We had a bit of a mishap on the way back. The ironic thing is that it occurred AFTER we had come down all the steep terrain and thought we were in the clear. Claire had a bloody nose, so Mitch got off his horse to help her. Mitch had been leading the pack horse, so he handed it off to Randall. The pack horse wasn't very fond of any of our horses, and started trying to kick at Randall's horse. Randall's horse then kicked back, and got lead rope under his tail, then bucked a little and off went Randall and Ashlin. Even though Ashlin didn't fall very far, she banged her head on a rock and had a nice goose egg on her forehead as well as a couple of scrapes. It scared us all, and we were concerned that she hit her head. Randall and Paul were able to give Ashlin a priesthood blessing, and after that we all felt at peace. As soon as we arrived back at camp, Ashlin was up and running around and jabbering just like nothing ever happened.
All right. Get ready for a photo overload!
Cooper and Carson wanted to ride around while we were setting up camp. When we helped them saddle up, we told them to please go slow. A few minutes later Carson went over top his horse. He cried a little, not because he was hurt, though. When I reminded the boys that they were supposed to go slow, they replied, "We were going slow. We just were having a little horse race." Ha ha. That sounds real slow!
Lainee and I on Chex. See what happens when you try to smile for the camera? Your horse thinks it is time to eat!
Lainee kept on insisting that she ride Chex "all by myself." She was quite proud!
One of the fish Cooper caught at Brockie Lake
Playing in the creek on Day 4. So not ready to go home!
All in all we had a fun trip and hope to be able to do it again next year!
1 comment:
I am SO jealous. The pictures are beautiful. We are SO sick of the heat here too and wish there was a place as beautiful here to escape too. The beach just isn't the same-hot still and too many people. Love and miss the mountains. Love and miss you guys too.
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