exhausted!

Wow driving over 700 miles each way in less than 48 hours has me plum knackered.  Whew.  My dad drove back with me thank goodness, we just switched back and forth behind the wheel.  We both took a nap for about an hour on top of Donner pass and woke up to a snow storm with everything covered, needless to say we boogied on out of there!

brrrrr!

Fresno was fun, the track is super nice.  The tote board blew me away, it looks like splash mountain at Disneyland, complete with a waterfall!

Vine covered paddock

Twine breastplate

Waterfall and jumbotron

I wish it had been light out for more of the drive, but it ended up being over night both ways.  I did get some pictures through Oregon and Nevada though.  While I love greenery and lush landscapes there is something about the sheer size of the desert landscape that also tugs at my heartstrings.  

Rocks in southwest Idaho

Cowboy land in Oregon

Snow in Nevada

This is what I'm talking about

Incredible ranch in Idaho

Sunrise in Nevada

Just makes me want to go on a cattle drive, total bucket list item!

Eugene is headed on down to train in Phoenix, and there may be some great opportunities down there for him!  I'm sorry this is such a short post, I think I'm still recovering from all the driving.  More horse things tomorrow:)

Ok Ok

Here I reveal part one of the mystery.  Bridger is going up for sale!  A serious weight of my shoulders.  He has turned into a fun horse that is straight forward to ride, in a confined space.  He needs a home that wants to ride in a dressage arena everyday, not out across fields and such.  He is a round hole with a square peg for me, I'm excited to find him the perfect home.

Yahoo!

We did a confirmation photo shoot with him last night, I need to go through about a million shots and will share after I do.  There are some seriously entertaining scenes!  Think epic Mojito faces.

In other news, I'm headed to Fresno this morning to see my husband and then drive our truck home while he heads to Phoenix with his car and the horses with the shipper.  SO Excited to see him!

Yesterday I also rode Diva and you guessed it, she was great!  Well actually she was a bit pissy about working on circles so we took off across part of the hundred acres.  I haven't ventured too much other than right around the barn area and the one trail ride that the sprinklerbandit took with me.  We started out with some loops returning to where we usually ride, mostly for the sake of the grey boys and then it was off into the distance.  We rode down to where the indoor arena will be put up, over near the creek bed, around the hay barn, through some trees, and across some varied terrain.  She didn't bat an eye, my reins were long and she just powered out.  Uhhh, try to keep us in now, adventure day will be everyday!!!!!

Indoor will be towards that
barn

Future xc course

Looking towards the dry creek bed,
gallop sets anyone?

 I picked up a 81" saxon for Diva.  Not my favorite brand, but good to have back up blankets, I will keep looking for something nicer.  It was barely used and only 40$, worth it.  Slightly scary, it just fits, like if she grows any it won't be long enough.  0_o  Seriously!?

Please stop growing

 So this impending road trip is in all-a-y'all's favor, I may get bored enough to share what the more exciting second part of my big surprise is!
Hint: I am carefully following this guys entries.