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| Trucks at Bracken |
Today I was on a
mission & it was well timed. When I arrived at Bracken - the lot had been newly graded. No piles of manure or hair. I came prepared with LNT brochures & a few of the bags we'd received at last weekends class. I walked the parking lot & put a brochure on every windshield.
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| One of the bags~ |
There was only one lady with two young riders saddling up - as I walked around. I introduced myself & handed her a brochure. She had no idea that she was riding on private property - needed to sign a liability waiver & was more than happy to take the LNT information - since she works with a lot of 4-H kids too. Thank you Karen!
It was just a beautiful morning. I decided to stretch my boundaries & take another trail, as I'm memorizing my way around now :-) There I ran into Leigh & Martha! We stopped to chat & I explained that they would find a brochure on their trucks :-)
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| View of the Olympics! |
It was still clear enough that the views of the Olympics were grand! Farah was in a heightened mode today for whatever reason. She decided that a tree top on one of the wooded trails was something that she was Not going to go by! I sat there, started eating some grapes & watched as she huffed & puffed. Finally - she realized that we were going Nowhere unless she decided to pass the tree top. After she did - I dismounted & shook it all over her body. She stood there & looked as
guilty as a horse can...
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| Again - the water tank. |
She tried the dancy/prancy thing at the water tank too, didn't work & she finally gave in & put her nose in the water.
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| Tree leaves budding~ |
Our Spring is in full bloom now - pedals from the bitter cherry trees, floating down with the breeze - contributed to the perfect riding day.
Crossing Tin Bridge still reminds me of moving through a portal to a different world. Farah is always on a mission to get there, since it's a very nice lunch spot. :-)
So many of our state's native plants are now blooming. The Salmonberry, Red Elderberry & even the small wild roses have their tiny pink buds opening! The air smells so rich & lush - almost sweet enough to eat!
Back at the parking - all the rigs that were there earlier were gone - no brochures on the ground! I put more on the windshields of the late arrivals. Here's hoping that they are read & that just maybe - gradually - we'll see some improvement.
