I Have Totally Lost My MInd

But! Whilst looking for it, I came across these photos I would like to share.

 Jenny Craig for Horses, anyone??  LMAO  Granted the first picture {which is one of my ALL time favorite shots of the Girls} was taken May 12, 2007.  Granted, at that time Dixie {Blonde Butt} was only 2 years old and not yet full grown but almost as tall as her Mama, Susie.  However, as you can see in this photo shot a month ago, she not only is a bit taller (perhaps half a hand) BUTT she is much rounder!  Dixie has definately become one chunk of horse!!

The second photo was shot during the trail ride we went on while Riley and Timmy were here.  I never did get to blog about it, mostly because I spent an entire week driving from there to here and back to there and here again!  The scoop on that is.....every year there is this John Shaddox Memorial Wagon Train that starts out in Harrison, Arkansas a week before the Rodeo of the Ozarks which takes place in Springdale {just a few miles from us}.  It's a pretty neat adventure and there are about 200 participants.  Some ride horses, like Chuck and Riley did, while others drive wagons and buggies and such.  It's quite a big deal.

Anyway, it's about 83 miles from Harrison to Springdale and each day they would ride 12-16 miles or so.  The day would start at about 6:30 AM, at which time everyone would drive their horse trailers, campers, etc. to the campsite for that evening, and a shuttle would take them back to the camp from the previous night where the horses would be waiting.  They would then ride to the new camp site, wash, rinse, repeat.  There were some really nice campsites.   Farmers and ranchers along the trail would make a field available with plenty of grazing and there would always be a stream nearby.  It would have been a lot nicer if they did it at a cooler time of year, but then it wouldn't coincide with the rodeo, which was the original intent. It is, however, a long HOT ride.  For the riders and for the horses. 

Riley had a great time riding Dixie while Chuck rode Susie {once she got over her case of 'saddle butt'  LOL}  And Chuck was bust fending off all the young cowboys that had a tendency to meander over Riley's way.  Hee hee. 

My day consisted of driving the Tahoe pulling the horse trailer to the next camp site and then heading back home with Timmy and Chuck's sister to gather 'supplies' or do laundry, shower, tend the garden, etc.. Then late in the afternoon we would drive back to horse camp and all spend the night and the next AM, wash, rinse, repeat.  It was an interesting week!