Hood River July 2010

With a year away at camp, Nick and I have spent this summer re-connecting with some of our favorite "normal" summer activities. One of our favs -- taking the horses to Hood River!! We get to visit with Nick's parents, and are able to throw the horses out in the neighbor's hay field where they are turned out for 90% of the weekend. (The other 10% we are trail riding them!) We also don't have to worry about feeding or watering them, as the waterer is automatic and the hay is abundant! It's a vacation for everyone! Except for maybe Nanny Tanny, who was left behind to watch Li-li while Poppa Mike, Nick and I went trail riding.

This year we are once again have "Kate" in our possession. She was my project horse the summer after Lilah was born, and at the time belonged to a family/friend connection. I took Kate back this past spring with the goal of selling her for this family/friend, and, to make a long story short ..... we now own Kate.



This is how Lilah spent most of her weekend:



The second day we went on this beautiful ride. See the rock line in the picture? That's the edge line, where the earth gives way to a several hundred foot drop. Creepy when you're on unpredictable animals, although I'd like to think the horses are smarter than that... :)

Barry and I

Barry, me, Mike and Sweet P.

The new horse Kate

Kate and I

Nick, Sweet P, Mike and Barry

On the trail up!

Thank you Nanny Tanny for putting us up and taking care of Lilah while we were out!