My World Tuesday Summery Mountain Ride

My girlfriend and I have not ridden, but once together, since our camp trip to Clackamas lake  a few back..
So we made plans this weekend...though it was supposed to rain and be all clouded...we made our horsey plans anyway!

Good thing we were NOT hindered by the forecasts....

because it was gorgeous!

  

Originally, we set out for Ollalie Lake, in the Mount Hood National Forest lands. We stopped at the local ranger station to get a map of Triangle Lake, nearby.

AND..OH!!!!
FIRE had the area CLOSED...good thing we stopped..thanks be to God for that heads up! Would have been MILES of wasted trip.

Camp Riley- here we come, instead!

It was PERFECT outside...nice in the sun and in the shade.

Many creeks to cross this day, with a pair horses that knew each other not, to ride together. I was riding Pantz mare, my sisters 22 yr old -Appaloosa with my friends Mustang, Simeon. They seemed to be at ease with each other...and it did set the nice, calm pace for the beautiful day we were blessed with~

It was somewhat warmer than the forecasts as well...so we took it easy and stayed mainly in the shaded forests.

How many Faces do you see-in the photo below????

HAHAHA!

 I just LOVE the humor in that! 

We were already happy- that a favorite trail to the river had been cleared. Then..teehehe, someone made it clear to us, it gave them some cheer too!

We were astonished at HOW VERY BLUE the skies were this day...

This is untampered  Straight Out Of theCamera!

Our shadowy horse friends rode along with us, as we set off on a nice sandy trail up along the river...

Peaceful and serene it was....then, we came out into the open to view....Our Mount Hood!!!

She was so pretty this day, with the extra blue skies and wispy clouds.

We played near the Sandy River, and  literally , IN the Sandy Riverbed for a time..just imaging how it would look with the water rushing...right where we rode. 

The rushing waters do ride up,  in the wintertime.

Back to camp we went, after a time in the Sandy Riverbed...We needed refueling and so did the horses!

NO-ONE was around this fabulous weekend...all the camps , save 1, were vacant!! I mean whoa!

So we nestled into one of the camping areas and allowed the horses to have a stall...instead of just the tie rack at the day use. We loosened the girths and removed the bridles.

We ate our delectables, and rested...

...ans so did the horses...w / Beet pulp with salt electrolytes and hay... 

...then a long -lipped NAP!

 teehehe!

Of Course..Pantz stood vigilant most the time. She has to take care of all around her, it is her true Lead Mare M.O.
 She does worry me sometimes...she takes care of everyone else..but sometimes, NOT herself. She can be a hard keeper...for the fretting she does.

But today, she was pretty good...eating, drinking and nice.

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We relaxed for about an hour then went back out for one more, little shady ride...to some creeks and around the camps.

No Pantz..won't be asking you to cross that!

You  can cross here...in this sparkling babbling brook!

Here is the thing with Pantz mare...she is not like my TB mare, that stands quietly and awaits my  asking to move ahead. Pantz will stand usually-only untill she has deemed the area around her safe to travel..then she wants to TRAVEL AHEAD!...Hence the blip at the end of the video...
I was NOT ready!

We crossed the creek and set off for home...Pantz has this 'Kickin"  walk...in the video, it does not look like she is covering ground...but boy is she!

Simeon also set off into the Sunset with his girl aboard...Us bringing up the rear and His Shadow horse inbetween.

Hoping you are having some nice Summery times with family / friends and equines too, maybe!

Thanks for sharing the ride!

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