Thursday, July 30, 2020

Sand Dunes, Loping, and Pow Wow





Today started with a fun breakfast of blueberry pancakes cooked ny the owner, Cheri as the chef had the morning off.  To make it fun Cherie tossed the pancake in the air and you had to catch it in your plate!  I was the first in line and made an awesome catch, but in celebration the pancake slid off onto the floor! There was no celebration for the second toss.  The boys did well and then it was Grandpa’s turn.  Let’s just say he fed the pigs 2 pancakes!

Liam and Vincent spent most of the day on their horses.  Near here are some sand dunes so the Range Rides rode to the dunes, passing by a bear farm and an alpaca farm.  The dunes had areas they used as slides so the jeans were pretty worn when they got back.  While they were gone Luca did a moderate ride, getting to lope several times.  Speaking of loping, John and I were able to take a loping lesson and can ride a lope fairly well now.  Well enough to go on a moderate ride if we so desire.

While the boys played cards with their friends, I participated in a water color class.

After supper all the kids and teens went on a hayride ending at a campfire.  They had a hunt for a deer antler which allows the finder to ride bareback on his horse.  Liam was the winner!  Following the pow wow around their campfire the kids came back and joined their folks at our fire, listening and  singing with Randal, a local country musician.

It was a very late nite for all of us!

PS:  After visiting with the ranch owners, Cheri and Jerry, we discovered that the boys were unknowingly feeding us a fib! One of the wranglers leading their ride told them while passing a field of cattle it was a bear farm. HA HA!!!

1 comment:

Dave said...

Hilarious pancake catch Pam!