Must Ride Mondays

On a drive I take frequently out to the stable, I suddenly noticed something I never had before....I usually am admiring a barn on the other side of the street. This time..I spied Mount Saint Helens and Mount Adams. You can barely see them left of the tree and right of it.

Mt.Adams below

Saint Helens below

It was the perfect day for a Must ride Monday Trail ride! I was with 3 other gals and we went to the next local BLM and Port Blakely lands, just up the road. I had spend the last 2 years riding these trails and still have not come to the point that I feel completely aware of Exactly where I am! I took ribbion markers and we set off down the trails.

I have not wanted to ride these trails this hunting season, as I notice many cars/trucks parked along side the roadway all along the tree reserve...that means foot traffic  and  maybe someone up in this! There is a local hunters haven, pretty close by as well. My friend over at "Equinemine"" has experienced it, near her stable.

Well, we were bright and loud and I whisted my trusty whistle, quite a bit as we traveled down the shady and cool trails.

Finally, we started to break out of the woods and into the open sun(warm) yea! We could just start to view Mount Hood here~

SUN AND SHADOWS ~  THE FOUR HORSEWOMEN!

Group behind me and Danny~

Me trying to get the group and myself!

Mount Hood between Dans cute ears~

My other riding place across the way.. If you center me in the pic...if you remember the times of view shots from "Stoney Mountain"...I would be right dead center- near the tree line in the foreground!

Heading back towards home after taking a new road...lets see if it does go homeward??!!

Cooler temps in the thick of the woods again...I start to mark trails to make sure we do not get lost.

Mustang Cazi is steaming it up!

Pretty gorgeous mosses with the light steaming through~

Finding the way back home again, to the trailer near the road. I was on the other side with Danny Boy and I heard a clamor...a commotion...whoa nelly...a donkey running towards us!!! "DONKEY-DONKEY!!!" I yelled out to Gemma as Danny started to pull away from his tie. HAW-HEHAW-HAW-HEHAWWWWWWW!!!!!!! It said loudly, as it ran right up next to the fence  to Danny! Look at his eye would you!!! Dan made friends with it soon after this look.

It was really freindly and liked the peppermints I had to share...seemed to be saying to us, "Please load me up in your trailer and take me home with you all!"

Sorry little Donkey, we gotta leave, for now~and without you this time.

Driving home I spotted the gorgeous Mount Hood with the sun setting upon her. As I waited there watching...suddenly the "Hunters Moon" appeared from behind the clouds!

Notice, I just had to change the name of my photography!(...It still was the perfect ending of the day)Have a great week all!