We're Back

We made it! Shalla and I trailered from the barn to the mountains in little less than 40 minutes, arriving around 8:50 a.m. Joyce arrived with her horse around 9:00 and we were well down the trail by 9:15. It was a gorgeous day, blue sky and warm, but not hot. Perfect. Shalla started off a little hot, as in ready to go, but she was great all the way. A wonderful trail horse. Why did it take me 20 years to ride her? I guess I just wasn't ready. Anyway, we got back in one piece and all is well with the world. Horses are the best.

Really Catching Up

I can't believe it has been over a year since my last post in August 2007. It's almost the end of 2008! I either ran out of things to say or time to say it in.

But here I am just finishing up another Xmas Express newsletter (our 23rd) and getting ready to go for another trail ride in the mountains. I still ride with the same friend, Joyce, and normally the same horse, Doc. But today is a little different. It's cold, for one thing. The high Santa Ana winds we were having the past two days have died down so it should be a pleasant day. Today I am riding Shalla, one of our Arabian horses.