Kidder Creek part III

So the weekend continues with some sweet devotional time. We discussed worry and remaining in the Lord. It was very mellow. Part of being at Ranch camp is taking care of your horse 100%. Ashley loved that they were given responsibility and Black Beauty was really well cared for.

I love that she just takes the job on very matter of fact. If the horse was being lazy and leaning so she couldn't pick its foot, she took both hands and shoved the horse over. She is not intimidated at all. She cleaned all four hooves very thoroughly, as well as carrying her tack to and from the barn. I was in a lot of trouble if I even looked like I might be helping.

Another posing moment with her glorious horse. She loves her horse.

Here she is with Kendra and her horse Shep. We were getting ready to go off on another amazing trail ride through the woods.

Our hats in the corner of the cabin and here I'll pause til the last entry.

Kidder Creek part II

So the fun continues.. We wake up, grab a cup of coffee or coca and go to the pasture to wrangle in your horse. All by 7:oo a.m. There is something wonderful about rising in crisp air, pulling on jeans and boots and throwing on a sweatshirt to go bring in your horse for the day. It was so simplistic. I do admit I loved that breakfast would be waiting for us when we were done. I think I will be a ranch hand, no responsibilities, just working with horses.

Here Ashley has tacked her horse and is leading down to the arena for some fun equestrian challenges.

Black Beauty was definitely a fan of walking or the fast trot. Loping was not her thing. Ashley worked her tail of to get here to move. Plus she is a pack horse and does not like to do things on her own.

Here we are having a mid-morning tea break. Probably something ranch hands don't realistically do after just a few hours of riding. Pioneer Woman could probably confirm my suspicions on that. Actually I did raise horses for about ten years and nope we did not ever break for tea. They made homemade scones and fruit flavored tea for us, it was excellent. Kendra and Ashley enjoyed it immensely!

Apparently Ashley and I matched on every day there. Though we did not mean to it was funny. A mom thought we did it on purpose. Yeah, no that would take a lot of planning on my part.. Planning is something I am working on. Yeah as in I plan to get to that. So our beautiful Saturday is off to a great start.............. to be continued.

Kidder Creek part I

So as summer has quite deliciously arrived, my life is filled with everything I love....time for fun with my kids. My parents are part of a group of RVrs who go up to a wonderful place called Kidder Creek. While they were up there, they heard about a fun weekend for mothers and daughters to ride horses and spend time together. My mother was amazing in gifting this weekend to my daughter and I. Ashley could hardly wait! A whole weekend spent together. Here we are heading out of town, just the two of us!

Ashley took this picture of Mt. Shasta on our way up to Kidder Creek. Kidder Creek is located about a 3o min. drive west of Yreka. She held the camara out of the car to take pictures as I am driving I-5 at 70 miles an hour. After my heart slowed downed I suggested that she maybe take the pictures from inside the car. I did have to delete about 40 pics as most of them were repeats.

Here we are in front of our cabin on friday night. There was about 14 people total and we shared our cabin with another mother/ daughter duo from Rogue River. The girl was Ashley's age and they hit it off. Funny thing, I was hoping to just get away and spend time with people who didn't know me and as soon as we pulled in, right next to us pulled in another mother daughter set from my church who I knew pretty well. It was good to get to know each other in a different setting.

Right after our meet and greet and horse intro, we were up and away riding horses. This is Ashley's horse, Black Beauty. She loved her horse! They have great wranglers who help with whatever you need. Ashley was pretty sure she did not need anything. The evening ended with a wonderful campfire, songs and some simple devotions. The weekend was lead by this cute, never said a cuss word, christian mother daughter duo. They were too cute and spent the weekend bashfully singing each others praises.

to be continued..........................