Boys will be Boys....

Well, today I turned Prize out with Louie and Marie. He is used to living with another gelding, a mare and molly so Tracy and I thought he might like being turned out with my two. And he and Louie are both very playful so we thought they might enjoy each other's company.

The farrier came this morning and took shoes off Marie and Louie. Louie was very good for the farrier. I was pleased as the barn owner was there and it's nice when they behave when there is an audience as that is when they usually do something embarrassing. Anyway, I put Prize out in his paddock until the farrier left. Then I put Louie and Marie in their pasture. I did notice today that Louie did not hesitate or make faces being led out. So, I may be right in my thought that his behavior is from not wanting to leave Prize behind in the barn. I then got Prize and put him in with Marie and Louie. Well, as suspected, that stirred them all up. Marie went into instant heat and both boys had to act a bit stupid about that. Louie was quite interested in Prize but feeling a little bit possessive of HIS mare. Prize was very interested in Marie and not so much in Louie. He made a few attempts to drive Louie off but Louie pretty much stood his ground. They didn't carry for more then 4 or 5 minutes then settled down to eat hay and seemed to be fine. I hung around for 15 or 2o minutes to watch them but all was quiet so I headed home to help with the barn building.

My friend Bonnie texted me that afternoon and and asked what time I was heading to the barn. She wanted to come over and meet Prize. I wasn't heading over until around 4:00 pm so she decided to over just a little bit earlier so she could see Prize while it was still daylight. She texted me again when she got there to tell me that Prize was very persistently mounting my mare and Louie was standing alone in a corner appearing to feel very sorry for himself. Louie wanted to visit with Bonnie but when he tried to approach her, Prize came right over for the attention and Louie wouldn't come near him. Poor Louie! When I got there, sure enough Prize was acting very studdish with my mare. He came right to me though when I came into the pasture with his halter and he led up to the barn like a complete gentlemen. As soon as Prize was out of the pasture, Louie went right up to Bonnie to suck up some attention. I brought Louie and Marie in and for once Louie did not fuss about going into his stall. And once in he was quiet and not looking for Marie but went right to eating his hay. Hummmmmm. Quite a change of attitude. He had a bit mark on his hindquarter. It was bloody but not deep or serious. So much for the playful boys enjoying each others company. They might be fine without my mare in the mix. Karen and Bart, the stable owners, said they had checked on them a couple times during the day and they had been quite and doing fine each time. I was relieved to hear that they hadn't been driving each other around all day. But I'm not sure if I'll put them together again tomorrow or not.

Settling into Upper Pond Stable

Tracy's mule Sir Prize



Everything is going quite well at Upper Pond Stable. Karen and Bart, the owners, are very nice and create a very relaxed atmosphere. They take an interest in everyone and their equines. I hauled Tracy's mule over about a week ago. He was quite nervous about being being in my trailer but he was a very good boy about it. When we got to Upper Pond, he was sweating and shaking but behaved very well. Prize is a nice mule and Tracy has raised him well.

Louie continues to have anxiety about going into his stall. He HATES that he looses sight of everyone. When brought in, he tries to walk right on by the stall. Then he resists going in. Once in, he will try to come right back out. He does settle down fairly quickly. Though sometimes he will go to the wall between him and Marie and bob his head up and down trying to look through the cracks between the boards. He is, however, eating and drinking very well and he is not having any loose stool so I know he's he's doing ok. I've been doing morning chores and Tracy the afternoon chores. Prize had been such a good boy to handle. He did take a "walk about" the first morning I put him out in his pasture. He scooted right between the 2 strand electric fence. It was not on and it was amazing to see a mule as big as he is scoot through such a small space so easily. And he was very impressive as he moose trotted and galloped around the stable. Thankfully, the stable is was off the road. I did have to wait for someone else to arrive before I could catch him. He's been a perfect boy since that first morning.




Strangely, Louie has now started to hesitate when being led out to his pasture in the morning. I thought this very strange because I lead him and Marie out together so he is not being separated from his pasture mate. And I am sure he does not want to stay in his stall. And once out to the pasture, he is quiet and relaxed. It's just when being led out, he is poking slowly, stopping and giving me very disgusted looks. Then today as I was leading them out, he stopped right by Prize's stall. And I realized he started this after Prize arrived. I think he dislikes leaving Prize behind in the barn as I always bring Prize out last.



Work on my barn is progressing. Fred has been working soooooo hard on it. We have been blessed with such good weather so far this month and we are thankful for every good day we get.

Moving

Well, Louie and Marie have been moved while we complete the barn project. I just hated to not have shelter for them this time of year. I was not sure what I was going to do as I could not afford to board both of them. But thing have a way of working themselves out.

My friend Tracy emailed me to let me know she'd seen an ad from Upper Pond Stable looking to rent out a block of 9 stalls at $100 a stall. Their barn manager had moved to Aiken, SC and taken quite a few horses with her. The barn owner moved all her boarders to one side of the barn and decided to rent out stall on the other side. Renters would be responsible for taking care of their own equines. As Upper Pond Stable is only 4 miles from my house, this was a very reasonable situation for me. And me being there made it a viable situation for Tracy. She is not that far away but still about 15 miles. So for her to travel to the stable twice a day every day is a 60 miles of traveling. But with both of us there, we could split the chores. Tracy and I couldn't take 9 stalls but the barn owner, Karen, agreed to let us rent 3. Between rock picking, ditch digging and helping Fred with the barn building, I was not able to move Louie and Marie until yesterday.

It was a fabulous day, sunny and in the high 60's. I hauled over to Upper Pond about 8:30 am or so. Louie and Marie have a nice big pasture for their turnout. There are obstacles in their pasture as it is used for Versatility Challenge competitions occasionally. There is a water crossing, bank jumps, ditch, bridge, log jump, tires and a sand hill. Both Louie and Marie were very excited when I turned them out. They ran, jumped, bucked and ran some more. Louie a bit more then Marie but she did her share. They got pretty sweaty with their winter hair and such warm weather. Louie was quite curious about all the obstacles and had to check each on out. And he was quite curious about his neighbors in the next pasture who shared his curiosity. The electric fence is at least 6' high which I like since it keep them from fighting or playing over the fence line.

On a sad note, a dead horse was being removed when I arrived. A horse has coliced and died during the night. It is so hard when we lose them. Karen showed me where I could store my hay and where I could put my grain and tack. Louie and Marie had nice stall on the outside wall with windows. I was happy about that. I set up their stall with hay and water for that night.

I came back to the barn that evening right around 4:00 pm. Though I THOUGHT it was 5:00 pm, I'd forgotten to reset my watch for daylight saving time......duh...... I brought Louie and Marie in. Marie had been boarded at this barn before so she was relaxed and happy to go in her stall. Louie, on the other hand, was not impressed AT ALL. The stalls have solid walls and even solid doors. So they can only see out the 8 foot grilled section into the barn aisle. A prison cell as far as Louie was concerned. He did walk right into the stall, but then promptly spun around and tried to mow me down in an effort to get back out immediately. I was kind of expecting this so was ready and convinced him that running over me was a worse idea then spending the night in a prison cell. He paced around the stall, reared up trying to look over the wall at Marie. The wall is too high and that didn't work. So, he stood at the wall between them and pawed. and of course he immediately developed diarrhea. He did eat his grain in bites between pawing. There was really nothing I could do for him so I went home hoping he would be ok.

I brought my dog Zephyr to the barn with me this morning. He was very confused by the change to his routine. When I walked to the truck instead of going out back, he just stood and looked at me like I had two heads. He likes to ride in the truck but this just what now how the morning routine was supposed to go. I did convince him to come with me. When I got to Upper Pond Stable, I asked Bart, the owner, if it was ok to bring Zephyr and he said that would be fine. Zephyr was very happy once he was out of the truck. So many new things to smell and so many thing to mark. Karen told me they had made an extra check on Louie last night as they had noticed that he had loose stools. I was pleased to hear this. It's nice to know they are keeping such a good eye on the animals. Though Louie had not been happy about being stalled, he had eating every scrap of his hay and emptied his water bucket. Marie too but that was no surprise with her. I fed them their grain and then put them out in their pasture. Louie wanted to get out of the stall pretty badly but he behaved quite well. He pawed at the open door just a little but didn't attempt to come through me. Louie ran around just a little when I turned them loose. Marie went straight for the hay.

It snowed this morning!!!

It was SOOOOO cold this morning. And it did snow! The ground is too warm for it to stick though thankfully. The concrete for the barn footer was poured today

One very nosey mule......

The footer forms for the barn being built


The barn project is coming along slow but sure. Mostly slow. Things have been held up by unexpected difficulties.....which is to be expected. Fred has been working so hard on this but there are just so many hours in a day. I did get out riding yesterday as Fred's brother Leigh came over to help him. I rode my horse Marie as I thought I'd be able to ride Louie today. But, the guys didn't get as much done as they thought they would due to some difficulties digging the footer. They got tired of fighting with the rocks and rented a jack hammer. And there were STILL some rocks that resisted removal and will simply become part of the footer. So, I had to stay around to help Fred today. My friend came over and took Marie out for a ride so Marie had a busy weekend and Louie got left home two days in a row. He is not used to that and was not a happy boy.

Stupid rock!


Fred trying to get me to stop taking picture and hold the tape measure straight


Fred working hard, Zephyr the dog supervising, me still standing around taking pictures.


Work done for the day


Barbara with Marie coming back from her ride


Something caught Louie's attention when he was rolling


Louie on high alert


Louie braying

The Maine Rides 2 day 50 mile CTR October 2011

The Maine Rides was the last competition of the season here in Maine. I hate to see the competitions season end but my wallet is thankful.....

This ride was held at the Waterford fairgrounds and was a 2 day 50 or 1 day 25. They also held a 10 mile CDR (conditioning distance ride) Susie and I trailered to the ride together. We chose to take her trailer as she has LQ and HEAT! It was to be a warm weekend but Friday night was going to be cold. Susie picked me up just a little after 10:00 am. I had worked that night and in the morning after taking care of Louie and Marie, I piled brush in the future riding arena so that Fred could move it. (We are putting in a riding arena in what was recently just a section of woods) I didn't quite get that finished but did get most of the brush piled. I then quickly packed what I would need for Louie for the weekend. When Susie arrived I was ready to go. For some reason Louie loves Susie's trailer and hopped right in. When we arrived at the Waterford fairgrounds, there weren't all that many people yet. The 25 mile ride and CDR were being held on Sunday so that was part of the reason. This was nice as we had our pick of where to park. We parked and set up camp right in the central area where the camper hook ups are. The first thing we did was set up pens for Louie and Spark. We unloaded them and tied them to the trailer while we set up the pens. It didn't take us long and we soon had them settled in with hay and water. Then we got the trailer all set. Susie hooked up the electric and got things all set. We also set up 2 stalls in the barn for Louie and Spark. We decided to put them in at night and as it was supposed to be a hot weekend, we wanted a shady spot for them to be at the end of the ride to cool them off for the vetting. We put hay and water in the stalls so they would be all ready for that evening. We then went and registered for the ride. Peg Dockham was there and I was going to be riding with her. She is the woman I rode with at the Western Maine 250 and our equines traveled well together. She and I decided to walk down to Melby's restaurant for some lunch. Susie had packed a lunch and stayed at camp. The Jacks arrived and parked next to us. We were glad to have such good neighbors. We just hung out and relaxed for a while. Soon it was time to vet it. Larry Buggia was the vet judge. Linda Glock was the lay judge. All went well at the vetting. Louie was quite well behaved as he knows the routine now. I trotted out Susie's horse for her as her hip has been bothering her. Both Spark and Louie were good to start the ride. We put them back in their pens and fed them then hung out and realxed and visited with friend until supper time. We went down to Melby's for Supper. Rhonda Bachelder went with us. After we got back from supper, it was quite chilly so we blanketed Spark and Louie then put them up in the stalls in the barn. Louie was a bit restless right at first and pushing a little bit on the 2x4 boards that were the stall gate. Then he started chewing on the boards. AGH. We decided to just leave them to let them settle in. I checked on them a bit later and Louie was quiet and Spark was chewing on boards. We ended up going to bed quite early as it gets dark early and I was very tired from working the previous night. I tried to read for a little while but found myself reading the same paragraph over and over and gave it up. Susie got up and checked on Louie and Spark one last time and said they were both quiet. I slept like a log.

Saturday morning was very chilly. It was in the low 40's. It sure was nice having the heat in the trailer. We got up and brought Louie and Spark down to the pens to feed them. We then went to the "food shack" for our breakfast. I had my usual oatmeal and coffee. There were also bagels and fruit and pastries available. I then went and got into my riding clothes. It was hard deciding just what to wear as it was cold but predicted to get up to near 80 degrees. So, I dressed in layers. Susie and I tied Spark and Louie to the trailer and tacked up just before the riders meeting. The meeting was near our trailer and I could see that Louie was restless. He had a hay bag in front of him but he is not a big eater and didn't care about that. During the meeting he was fidgeting and kept spinning around and getting under Sparks lead rope. Thankfully Spark just put up with it. I did finally go over and get after him to stand still and in his own spot and he did. after the meeting we mounted up to get the equines warmed up. Peg, Sue Niederoda and I were to be the first out. So, I walked around warming up with them. Susie and Lee Alexander were warming up together and we kept passing them and that was stressing Louie a little bit. He was already excited knowing it was a competition. And the repeated seeing then separating from his buddy Spark was almost more then his young mule mind could handle. At one point Louie was prancing sideways across the grounds, looking quite impressive I'm sure. One rider commented that she didn't know a mule could do that. I'm not sure if she meant the prancing, lovely side passing or both. I know she wasn't saying she didn't know a mule could be naughty as that is usually automatically assumed about all mules. Louie never got out of control though and really handled the situation very well for his age and experience. Soon it was time to start and we were on our way down the trail. Louie was eager and started out strong. He really wanted to go faster then I would let him go. He was wondering where Spark was but was not being bad about it. And he is just getting stronger and stronger with every ride. He did a good strong trot all the way to the hold. He did not offer to canter, just kept up a good strong trot, even on the hills. I was thrilled! When we got into the hold it was a bit of a rush as usual. I had Louie's pulse taken early and it was down to 48 so that was great. Peg needed the full 10 minutes to get her gelding's pulse down. Then we got caught in a line for the trot out. The trot out went fine and I did have a few minutes after to feed Louie. He didn't drink and had not yet on trail either but was fine. Susie and Lee had come into the hold right behind us. Louie had gotten a bit excited when he saw Spark but wasn't too bad. I grabbed a sandwich after mounting to eat on the trail when we headed out. Unfortunately, Peg needed some help mounting up when it was time to go and Susie and Lee went out of the hold right ahead of us and Louie saw them go. So, when we headed out, Louie was very excited and wanted to catch up to his buddy. He was doing a bit of sideways prancing but was listening to me and not pulling hard. After all, I was only using one hand on the reins and was eating my sandwich so that tells you he wasn't being to bad. For a few miles we kept seeing Susie on the straight stretches then they would be out of sight, then we would see them and again out of sight. This was getting Louie pretty wound up. He was really listening to me well but I was having to hold him and had to keep checking him back. At one point we did catch up with Susie and Lee and when they pulled ahead I went with them and left Sue N. and Peg. We were all actually traveling too fast for our time so had to slow down the last 5 miles. Peg and Sue N. passed us and then in the end we all came in at the same time. Susie and I went straight to the trailer and stripped tack, then took Louie and Spark up to the barn and sponged them down. They were not all that sweaty or hot so we didn't put too much water on them. In 20 minutes we took them for their P & R. Louie's was 40/12 which was good. We only had to do a quick "up and back" trot out this day so no circles. Louie did a fine trot out and we were cleared to ride for the 2nd day. Susie and I settled Louie and Spark into their pens with plenty of food and water. Louie's first priority of course was to roll about a million times first before eating or drinking. We relaxed by the trailer for the afternoon. A lot of people came over to sit and visit so we ended up with quite a crowd. It was nice except for the over active bees that persisted in bothering us. Susie and Kelly Jack both got stung. Char's dog Otis was great though as he eats bees. And I mean he really hunts them down and eats them. He cut the bee population in our area considerably. I was quite impressed. People were arriving throughout the day for the 25 mile ride. Marcia Deleware and Kyle Nielson were in camp when we had finished our ride and it was great to see them both. This was the first ride for Marcia's horse Frankie that she had bred for, raised and trained. We were all so excited for her and Frankie looked like he was taking everything in stride. Kyle was riding Marcia's horse Piper who is Frankie's mother. Susie and I walked down to Melby's store just to pick up some drinks. The supper provided was very good. Chili (ok, that's not good because anything that has beans in it is not good.....) but there was also a delicious vegetable beef soup and salad. And for desert there were some wonderful cookies from Melby's restaurant. After supper as it was just getting dark we put Louie and Spark in their stalls in the barn. I didn't blanket Louie as it was cool but not going to get cold. We were then going to head to bed and realized it was only about 7:30 pm. and that was just to early to go to bed. So, we got out Susie's travel Scrabble and played a game with Sue Niedoroda and Kathy Brunjes. Susie and I then headed for bed. We both read for a while.

Susie and I were up by 5:30 am. We brought Spark and Louie down to their pens and fed them. It was going to be another nice day. It was a cool morning but predicted to get up to near 80 degrees by the afternoon. It did get that warm later but there was no humidity and a nice breeze so it turned out to be a lovely day. I went to the "food shack" for my usual breakfast of oatmeal and coffee and I sat and visited with the others there having breakfast. Susie and I tacked up just before the riders meeting. We were going to be riding 60% new trails that we've never ridden here before so I wanted to make sure to be at the meeting. But, a call of nature and a malfunctioning toilet foiled that plan. The 25 mile riders were the first to go out so we had a bit of a wait. I was riding with Peg Dockham again. We would be the first of the 50 mile riders out. Sue Niedoroda was also going out with us as well as Sarah Jack. Sarah was still officially a junior rider so she had to have a sponsor. Sue was sponsoring her. Sarah is 18 yrs. old but turned 18 after January 1st. ECTRA rules go by what age you are on January 1st. It is kind of funny that she needed a sponsor since Sarah has more miles and experience then the 3 of us. For the first few miles Peg's gelding was strong and moving at a pretty quick trot. We got just a little bit ahead of Sue and Sarah but not out of sight of them. Thankfully we didn't get out of sight of them as Peg and I almost went the wrong way 3 times and were called back by Sue and Sarah. So much for two heads being better then one. Louie was also moving out strong and eager. The new trails were very nice. We ended up doing a few miles on tar road due to mistake on the trail managers part but it was not a big deal. Susie and Lee passed us about a mile before the hold. That got Louie pretty jazzed up and he pulled and pranced into the hold but didn't get out of control. For the first 5 minutes or so Louie was very obnoxious about trying to get to his buddy Spark. So, his pulse wasn't as low as yesterday but it did come down to 56 before 10 minutes so good enough. I had meant to put his lead line with the chain in my hold bucket but forgot. I was just about to put is bit back on when he got his head together and calmed down and accepted not being with Spark. Then, just as I was starting my trot out for the vet, Susie and Lee headed out of the hold riding right by me. I though I was going to be in trouble but Louie only looked but didn't make a fuss. Peg and I were just a bit late getting out of the hold. By the time we got through the vetting line, we didn't really have any time to feed so we mounted up and headed out. Louie was much quieter on the 2nd half of the ride but still traveling well. We passed Susie and Lee at one point and Louie hardly gave Spark a glance when we went by. Susie caught up with us again in the last mile or so and we all rode in together. Susie and I went straight to the trailer to strip tack. One they way up to the stalls, both Louie and Spark rolled. We then sponged them down and then went up to wait for our P & R. Louie's final P&R was 44/13. A bit high for Louie but it was very warm and Louie is quite fuzzy already. It was low enough to not get any points though so that was fine. We then waited in line for our trot out. Louie was a tad naughty about this as he tried to go right back to Spark instead of trotting a nice circle for me but we got the job done. Susie and I put Spark and Louie back in their pens to wait for the hands on. We cleaned their stalls and packed up as much as we could. Once the hands on was done, we didn't have much left to do while waiting for supper and awards. So, we relaxed and visited with friends. Supper was served fairly early and was a very good beef stew, salad, and rolls. As well as some wonderful cookies form Melby's restaurant again. Soon after supper was the awards ceremony. Louie and I didn't place but I am so proud of how well my boy did. Rhonda Bachelder won the 50 mile distance and we were so excited when Marcia Deleware won the 25 mile distance. We quickly took down the pens after the awards ceremony and were soon ready to go home. Kind of sad though knowing we would not be competing again until next year.

Maine Rides 2 day 50
J1. Clukey, Amber on Angel

1. Batchelder, Rhonda on Ashmoro Billy Alan    
2. Jewell, Charlotte on My Last Nickle
3. Dockham, Peg on Attala
4. McPheters, Patti on Ivany Mahara
5. Reinheimer, Susan on TC Spark
5. McKenna, Monica on SLF Benn Fortunate
7. Gibbon, Kyle on Salt (Sault)
8. Alexander, Lee on Bedrocks Handsome Fello
9. Ross, Cynthia on Little Louie
10. Lasher, William on Spice Girl
11. Lasher, Joanna on Teeze Mee PW
11. Rojek, Steve on Miro (Chi-Hi)
13. Niedoroda, Susan on Zynfandel C F
MO. Brunjes, Kathy on Theatric

Another great ride in Garland

Amy on Washburn, Kyle on Moxie, Cindy on Louie and Susie on Spark

Amy on Washburn and Kyle on Moxie

I had a wonderful ride today and I soooooooo needed to get out. I've been working at the house picking rocks, and picking rocks, oh and picking more rocks...... and I needed a play day. Amy invited us to come up to ride with her in Garland and Susie and I were more then happy to join her. I was going to meet with Susie at the gas station in Richmond but my by parking brake cable broke on my truck and was dragging. I didn't really want to deal with it at the moment so Susie picked up Louie and me. We went to Amy's house and followed her up to where we park in Garland. Kyle was with us and was riding Amy's horse Moxie. We were also joined by another woman Kim who I'd never met before. She was riding her Appy stallion Reiny. What a nice boy he was. It is so nice to see someone using their stallion. So we had a nice mix of equines. Three gelding one mare and one stallion. An Arab, a mule, and Appy and two Morgans.

None of us are all that familiar with the trails in the area other then one very nice loop we've ridden a few times. So, today we did a little bit of exploring. It was a fabulous day. The bugs are gone now. It was sunny and in the low 70's with a slight breeze. At the start of the ride we went around some corn fields. It had rained the night before and it was just a little slippery. We decided to ride up to what we thought might be an overlook. There was on an ATV trail and there was a sign at the start of the hill that it was for experienced riders only. So, for sure we had to check this trail out. It was a fun climb to the top. There was a short section of some slick rock but we were able to manage it. Unfortunately, there was no view from the top. We spotted a trail going down a different way. It looked like a hiking trail but we decided to check it out. This trail was quite steep and went down, and down and down. We came to a spot were the trail had some VERY slick rock with a bit of a drop after the rock. The footing on this was dangerous with what we had for shoes on our equines and the footing on the side of the trails didn't look good at all. Not knowing if the trail would get better or worse, we decided it was not work risking injury to equine or riders to continue down this trail so we turned around and went back up. So, the ponies got quite a work out on that piece of trail.

Kim on Reiny, Amy on Washburn, Kyle on Moxie and Cindy on Louie



Amy on Washburn and Kyle on Moxie

Kim on Reiny


Cindy on Louie, Kyle on Moxie Susie on Spark and Amy on Washburn

What is fun about this ride is that there is such a nice mix of different kinds of trails. Dirt roads, roads around fields, tote roads and single track trail. So, there were some places we could move along at a good pace. Right from the start Louie was feeling his "oats" and was a little bit excited. Not bad and doing well listening to me but I could feel he was excited. Every time we sped up to a canter, he was a little wiggly, shaking his head and I could feel that he was just itching to let off a buck. I quickly corrected him each time and he held it together and kept his feet on the ground. While exploring another trail, we had to go around a big blown down tree. The go around was a bit tricky footing with mud and rocks. Louie went through this with a bit more enthusiasm then necessary. I was proud that he did not hesitate though he did some interesting leaping going through. He did not scramble in fear, he landed each leap very nicely and I managed to stick with him. Not much farther down the trail we came to a bad snowmobile bridge in a swampy area that we could not cross or get around safely. So, we had to turn around and go back. When we came to the blow down, I encouraged Louie to take the go around without the leaping. I was pleased that he toned down his enthusiasm at my request.

Towards the end of the ride as we were cantering up a dirt road, Louie finally could not stand it any longer and he let fly with both back feet. It was a very smooth motion that was no problem for me riding him but naughty all the same and I let him know he was bad. When we got back to the trailer we had planned to have a tail gate lunch. I had baked and apple crisp and brought it along. Our ride was longer then planned and Amy needed to go to make it to her daughters soccer game. So, we ate the apple crisp and then headed out. Susie and I had our lunch while driving home. Hey, nothing wrong with having desert first I say! It was a great ride.

Cindy with Kim's Appy/Arab stud Reiny