Summer adventures

My husband bought a canoe.  No, I am not upset.  In fact I think it will be fun, I'm a big proponent of getting out in 'nature' as a rather cheap form of therapy.  Sunday was his birthday, and we went north to a lake, rented a canoe and paddled up the river.  It was beyond scenic, and bonus: we didn't tip over.

Lewis and Clarke anyone?

So lucky to have this in our 'backyard'

We have had some fair finishes at the races, this guy is in again tomorrow, here's to hoping!

R Seeker and I

It is looking like we will have racers here until the start of August and then the barn will head back to California, yeah for sleeping past 4:45 am, boo for the husband being gone again.

Oh and on a mostly unrelated note:

Made this awhile back and forgot to post it.  This is the sprinklerbandit and I, some OTTB humor:)  The sprinklerbandit and I have been having fun at the track keeping a quota of horse dirt under her nails!

A bit of progress

It has cooled off a bit!  It makes me feel warped when 94 degrees feels comfortable, I mean seriously I have red hair my max should be 80.  We escaped to the river yesterday, we signifying me, Eugene, and my dad who is up for a quick visit.  It was bliss.  We fished, but I mostly took in the breathe taking scenery.  Observation here, when I was a little kid I could fish up a storm, now that I am older I swear the fish bolt when I arrive, boo.

Middle fork of the Payette river

Also, hope you all had a great 4th of July.  We ran 2nd in the Stars and Stripes Handicap! I took some pictures of the fireworks, but they were lame, so I pixlred it!

The hot weather brought some spectacular sunrises and sunsets.

Trying out the panoramic setting on my phone camera

Bridger is less sore, but still needs his feet done.  We had a very productive session with the side reins, that said, he has got to learn to use his butt a bit more.  So as I was thinking over my options for this Lucy's person posted about making her own Pessoa lunging system...so doing this!

No worries, I know that I little goes a long way with that.  Traditional side reins just don't seem to be Bridger's cup of tea, he has figured out how to drop his lower neck and impersonate a giraffe with his head, bleck.  Ok I'm off to do some weekend projects!