EO Vacay Post #3 -- Everything Else

A mish-mash of shots, to help us remember our fabulous time...

GrammaBon's hummingbird feeder was something out of The Birds...as many as 20 birds at a time!

Grampa spoiled the horses by letting them eat the hay directly from the back of his flatbed.

Lots of bug-catching goin' on.

Ol' Glory on the Fourth of July!

GrammaBon, sporting very patriotic earrings handmade for her by Aleaha.

Amazing little garden that GrammaBon grew in her raised beds.

Practicing casting before the first fishing trip.

Having lots of fun!

They didn't catch anything that night, but they did another night.

Tiddlywinks watched most of the time.

Miri spied a deer in the pond one evening.

She came back each evening for a little drink and cooling off splash.

Miri worked off her room & board by helping with the dishes.

The girls played in one of GrammaBon's trailers.

Tuffy the Cat, at his finest.

And here he inspects the drone that Daddy was flying.

Silly girls.

Playing a made-up game,

of rolling over each other.

Louise the Cat, holding down the grass.

Ridiculous sign in the middle of nowhere. 

(Oh wait - there was one elusive road sign....)

Daddy just can't escape his tooling fate.

Grandpa had a special chore one day...

...to install a semi-permanent ladder on the roof.

Miri was zonked out several times.

But she managed to do lots of helping too.

Just plain fun, it was!

We said good-bye to our Spiffy James.

Quigly was very amused!

How many horse heads to you see?

So this one stayed behind for some extra time. (We miss her!!)

EO Vacay Post #2 -- Miri's Birthday!

We were all together for her "actual" birthday, so we made a party of  it for certain!

Aunt Jodi brought up a cake.

Miri got lots of wonderful presents.

And a good time was had by all!

EO Vacay Post #1 - Riding!!

We were lucky to spend a whole week up in the mountains, riding our marvelous mounts. This post is wholly dedicated to the time we spent riding - it was so great!

You will be able to tell that time passed, because while many of these photos will look the same to you, we know that Daddy was wearing a different t-shirt each day. :)

Same horses, same people, different trails, different t-shirts.

Day 1, hitting the road as soon as we could!

Good ol' Shorty had to pull a double shift each time. He carried Aleaha with Mommy & Daddy (on Arby & Quigly, respectively), and then he had to turn around and repeat a ride with Miri, She's a lead-line rider still, But she got to explore lots of great trails.

She is learning balance and attention and all sorts of important skills. (Shorty clearly has this gig down pat.)

He's a natural. 

And she's a ham!

Favorite artsy shot with the sun going down behind us.

Day 2. (or was it 3?)

Went off road a bit too.

This shot was taken right after we all escaped death from a mama elk that ran off close by. The horses took notice, although they were very good about it. Just got our attention.

And naturally there were pony rides when the cousins came to visit. GrammaBon volunteered to walk Shorty a bit.

But Shorty is a fast walker (he keeps up with Quigly just fine!), so Aleaha stepped in to spell GrammaBon. 

Day 5, (I think).

A ride on her BIRTHDAY! (Mommy made her go with the bareback pad for a little extra challenge)

She totally rocked it.

We love this horse!

Out for our last ride. *sigh*

It was a great, long ride. Wish we were there now!

And Miri got her last ride in too.

Mommy told her to hold the reins like an ice cream cone, so of course she took it literally.