[FrogInABlender]

Here's a few pics that BladeRider took. This is me and Ellie going across the first bridge. She was REALLY watching where she was putting her feet...

And here we go through one of the new covered ones. I made her go first this time and she was a bit nervous about it and was trying to hug the wall, but did really well. Very slow and careful...

And here is Ellie and Blade reading a historical marker on the trail, "The Battle of Sulfur Creek Trestle". Ellie was a little leery of it at first but I made her walk up to it and touch it and then Blade had to come investigate too and then it was like they were both trying to read it...in braille. They kept on running their lips over it. Very funny!

And here we are just moseying down the trail. I didn't realize my posture was so horrible. I've really got to work on that!

And here's BladeRider and Blade. I hate it that I caught her face in the shade, but it's the only picture I got or her. I guess I fell down on my picture taking duties. :-/

My other friend Kari and her Spotted Saddle Horse...

It was a good ride, but it's just about too hot to ride in the middle of the day. We're supposed to go again next weekend, up to the place where BladeRider and her husband went a couple of weekends ago, but we'll really have to be careful about getting too hot.

[HairOfTheDog]

Great job Ellie!

I don’t think I’d want her hugging the edge... if she bails, I wouldn’t want her bailing over the side!

To heck with good posture, you look relaxed! Every time I know someone’s taking a picture, I stiffen up so much I look like I have a rod, well... you know.

[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

LOL...I love the pictures of the horses reading the map:)...that’s great.

I cannot imagine any horse I have ever had crossing one of those bridges without some sort of a discussion. I continue to be impressed with your horses at how good they do with them.

Becky

[Beaker]

Frog, nice pictures! You don't look bad, you look relaxed!

The horse show that I went to yesterday was really small, and there were hardly any horses, so I didn't take pictures. We did see a couple of things that bothered us though. The people next to us couldn't get their paint to load back into the trailer, and every time the horse took a step forward to think about getting on, the woman would jerk on the leadrope and start yelling "COME ON!" COME ON!" and the horse would freak out and back up and it escalated into a pulling contest with the horse rearing and then bolting and dragging her. I'm not advocating pussy footing around the horse, but they went from getting the horse half way on the trailer, to having the horse rear and bolt the more angry the woman got. The problem also was that the woman was louder in front than from behind, so of course the horse isn't going to want to go forward...

And then some snooty teenage student totally freaked out on her trainer, and that was entertaining. I wanted to break out the popcorn. Or start shouting "Jerry! Jerry!" but I can be evil like that.

I'm doing another dressage clinic this weekend, and I'm hoping that I can get someone to video tape it. I'm excited to go because I feel that I have improved loads with Levi, and I can't wait to show off. :-) I also think that I'm going to show him anyway, even with the layoff, because I've worked hard, and a lot can still happen between now and then.