Jessica's Blog

We're home.  yay. yipee.  so glad.  to be. home....not.

We've become a family that lives for our next fix of time with the Greenhorn Gang.  Time by the pond fishing.  Time in the chuckhouse with Mare and Carla, or listening to another cowboy tale from Ellie over our morning coffee.  Ellie is being inducted into the Canadian Cowboy Hall of Fame in October, and is doing so well. Time with my "boyfriend" the bartender Billy, or time out on the trail learning leads, continuing to perfect my seat, and cowboy poems from Ed.  Yes, I cowgirled up and had my yip n' holler rides through the trees and along fire roads.  I also had my peaceful walks along the babbling brooks, and heard the sound of winds coming and going through the pines all around me.  I had my horse spook from a stick kicked up by the horse ahead of it.  I had my body covered in dust and dirt only to have Shiela nuzzle me and add horse snot to the mix.  I became a faithful "Ed's Posse" member.  I watched as Honey Girl made many friends, all who would ask for her whenever they saw me.  I watched Little Lady dance, shimmy, and smile smile smile.  I danced Little Lady to sleep under the moon and stars on the deck of the Saloon to the quieted country music on the sound system before walking through camp back to our cabin.  I enjoyed quiet moments on the porch swing at sunset with Big Boy, and fishing with him too.  I watched proud and in glee as he took a bareback ride with a wrangler to the pond and was let off before she took her horse for a swim.  He was amazed and in awe at watching a horse learning to swim.  We all enjoyed watching a John Wayne Western movie under the stars after racing our bullfrogs.  I watched and smiled as Polly (wagon mule) nudged Larry over and over and nearly knocked him down each time at the cookout.  Hubby danced with me, we handled all the intricacies of extended family dynamics together.  He passed lope check and joined me on a more advanced ride.  As a family, we took over the pool and enjoyed each other thoroughly.

We met wonderful people from all over the place.  We fell in love with a Brittish family (Hallo Jess, Gurdun, Maddie, Sam and William!) and enjoyed the SoCal crowd of friendly fams that took over the place together as a group of 9 families!  It was a very busy week.

I want my horse friendly friends to come with us next time.  If you go,  Tell them Jess sent you!