This last weekend Odin, Calli, and I went camping at Crystal Lake, which is near Lewistown, MT. It was a lot of fun. The lake is ~1 mile in length, but is only 15 feet deep in its deepest area. It was soooo clear you could see the bottom and it looked green from up above. It had some nice hiking trails around the area as well. Darin and Shauna joined us on Saturday afternoon and we hiked up to a spring. Unfortunately, I forgot to pack the S’mores. That was a real bummer. On Friday, Odin surprised me with bicycles for the both of us to take with us. It was a lot of fun to get back on a bicycle. It has been forever since I’ve ridden a bike. I hadn’t forgotten though!
Tonight, I was going to ride with Courtney Feldman, so I got up pretty early to get everything ready. First I had to get the trailer out of the corral (Odin and I had the idea that it could be in there, off of the grass and easy for me to work on loading and unloading with my horses). It was a good idea until it took me ½ an hour to get it out of there. I finally had to back it all the way out, which took some skill I might add! Anyways, I got my trailer out of the corral and then gave Rio a bath so that he’d look really nice. He bathes so easily and for the most part stands still. He looked really nice and I went in to get ready (I had to work at Eagle Mount from 12 noon to 5 pm, so I was going to trailer him to EM, then corral him there until I was done then trailer him to where Courtney and I were going to ride). I came back outside to load him and GUESS WHAT????? He would NOT load. Boy was I upset. He’s been in my trailer several times, before. I finally had to give up, go to Eagle Mount and inform Courtney of the change in plans. So Courtney decided to trailer her horse to my place. On the way she had a flat tire and got swarmed by mosquitoes! She finally made it, but it was too late to ride, so we had ice cream and looked at maps of the Bob Marshall Wilderness. It turned out to be a pretty good evening. We’re going to try to ride together again another night.
Tonight, I was going to ride with Courtney Feldman, so I got up pretty early to get everything ready. First I had to get the trailer out of the corral (Odin and I had the idea that it could be in there, off of the grass and easy for me to work on loading and unloading with my horses). It was a good idea until it took me ½ an hour to get it out of there. I finally had to back it all the way out, which took some skill I might add! Anyways, I got my trailer out of the corral and then gave Rio a bath so that he’d look really nice. He bathes so easily and for the most part stands still. He looked really nice and I went in to get ready (I had to work at Eagle Mount from 12 noon to 5 pm, so I was going to trailer him to EM, then corral him there until I was done then trailer him to where Courtney and I were going to ride). I came back outside to load him and GUESS WHAT????? He would NOT load. Boy was I upset. He’s been in my trailer several times, before. I finally had to give up, go to Eagle Mount and inform Courtney of the change in plans. So Courtney decided to trailer her horse to my place. On the way she had a flat tire and got swarmed by mosquitoes! She finally made it, but it was too late to ride, so we had ice cream and looked at maps of the Bob Marshall Wilderness. It turned out to be a pretty good evening. We’re going to try to ride together again another night.
