Always happy to explore
My mom decided she wanted to see a canyon that was on the endurance ride, after my previous experience I was a little leery, but said we could give it a go. I looked at the map and thought I knew where we needed to go. My mom had been part way up the trail on foot earlier this summer, so I made the mistake of listening to her about where the trail went.
Headed home
We wandered for awhile, I got royally confused and decided we had weren't going to get where she wanted to go and we could just ride around. I followed some dirt bike trails for awhile and my mom got worried we wouldn't be able to find our way back. I assured her that since I had my GPS running and both horses have demonstrated a clear understanding of which way is home we would be fine.
We found the canyon
After some wandering through the hills I finally found a more road like path and decided to follow it back home and make a bit of a loop. About half way home my mom started getting really really quiet (very odd for her) so I asked what was up. After some prodding she finally confessed that the road we were on was the one she had assured me we were on earlier. I just laughed at her, because I had a fun ride even if we didn't find her canyon.
Champion drinker
On Sunday, I went back and easily found where you dropped off into the canyon. I didn't go down because I learned my lesson. Instead I snapped a picture and texted it to my mom to taunt her. I was really impressed with Stinker. There were places we crossed a stream and he consistently drank both days. It used to be I couldn't get him to stand still to take a breather and now he is starting to figure out how to take care of himself on the longer rides. And he handled 10+ dirt bikes without blinking an eye. Who is a trail horse now?
Wow that is so impressive with stinker. It's going to really get him fit!
ReplyDeleteHe is doing so well. I continued to be amazed by him. :)
DeleteHaha I'm glad getting lost ended up being NBD! Your mom sounds like she has my mom's sense of direction ;) and yay for Stinker drinking and acting like a seasoned trail horse -- what a champ!
ReplyDeleteConversation today
DeleteHer: I wanted to ride North
Me: Uhhh which way? (north is literally the only direction there isn't open land)
Her: I mean east or whatever direction that is
What a good boy!
ReplyDeleteSuch a good boy :)
DeleteHaha, your poor mom! I love that you taunted her with that photo. So nice to hear Stinker is learning to be a real trail pony!
ReplyDeleteI never claimed to be a good kid ;)
Deleteoh man, that landscape is so amazing tho. like, 'whoops we almost got kinda lost just looking for some random breathtaking canyon -- ya know there's tons out here!'
ReplyDeleteI love love love the landscape! It is pretty hard to beat.
DeleteSo pretty!
ReplyDeleteThanks! :)
DeleteGood trail pony! Such pretty views too :)
ReplyDeleteSo good and I still can't get over the views.
DeleteNothing like good, hard hills to make brain cells work together. :-)
ReplyDeleteTired Stinker is much nicer to Cowboy too.
DeleteThe scenery is absolutely gorgeous!
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