Sunday, June 27, 2010

Joker's Wild Poker Ride

A few hands of Poker: $40.
Professional Childcare: $100.
Hay bills for a year: a couple thou.
Opportunity to ride with my Sweetie on the best ride of the year: PRICELESS!

In 2007, my friend and farrier took Chloe and me on this amazing Poker Ride, sponsored by the Oregon Equestrian Trails organization, through the T&E Ranch. In 2008, I took Jake. In 2009, I was 9.5 months pregnant and couldn't go, so I daydreamed about it for another year and took on a project to find another horse. The stars aligned and my dream came true! I got to go do my favorite thing with my favorite person. I'm so lucky!



Jake was a very good boy and took great care of Chris.



Got this shot backwards over my shoulder, without looking. Ha!



Nice views!


Jake listens to Daddy with one ear and listens up the trail with the other.


Arby and Mommy, waiting at a card-picking stop along the trail.

Our hands were terrible and we didn't win anything. But we didn't care -- we were there for the ride, not the Poker!

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