Yesterday Cartman, Dazzby and I took a friend, S., on her first horse ride in years.
We went up to Winlock and rode the trails for over two hours. It was great fun and S. seemed to have a good time, inspite of the one incident.
Dazzby and S. were in front and we took off for a little trot. As I watched Dazzby seemed to get faster and faster, she was pulling away from Cartman and I. She broke into a canter, I started to get concerned. I wasn't sure if S. was up for cantering or not!
Suddenly I saw S. get shaken loose a little, and thought "Uh oh, No." Just as quickly Dazzby came to a complete halt. C and I jogged up, I'd tried to stay back so as to not encourage a race.
S. and the saddle were perched way up on Dazzby's neck and wither. She had a big grin on her face. Whew. I told her to jump off and we re-adjusted the saddle. She said that everything was fine until she layed down on Dazzy's neck, apparently S. is a speed demon- who'd have known???
When Dazzby felt her get loose she put on the brakes. I swear this mare is priceless.
We continued on our ride, no harm done.
Obviously I have some work to do on saddle fitting the western saddle to Dazzby.
Later in the day Todd and I celebrated our Anniversary by attending the Kiss/Motley Crue concert in Ridgefield. It was AWESOME!!!!
Here are some photos from the day:
these beauties are flagged for logging. |
Motley Crue |
Tommy Lee plays upside down |
Kiss arrives. |
Paul Stanley doesn't look his age- he must work out A Lot! |
The Demon |
Paul flew through the air on a wire, and played mid crowd- on a platform. |
I want these boots!!!! |
They closed with I Wanna rock 'n roll all night!! |
3 comments:
Are those rockers GINORMOUS, or are they wearing really big shoes. In the photo next to you, they look huge!
I think a little of both- they have on boots with about a 4" platform, and heels!
My oH MY! Incredible pictures!!! Nothing like some Rocking & Rolling to celebrate your Anniversary! Too fun!
What a super mare! Keeping her rider topside! The woods looked cool & beautiful. Aren't you loving the cool down?
(Oh, hated hearing that those trees are going to disappear...)
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