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Taking Life Four Steps at a Time
Monday, March 10, 2014
We rode some
more when we ran into some cows. Janine
ran off the cows with her horse because her dog was hurt by cows before. Aero was afraid and only wanted to get out of
there. Dakota just stood there watching,
unafraid. It was now Aero’s turn to
conquer the cows. Janine helped by
having Aero follow her. Once he knew he
could move the cows he was no longer afraid.
I told Mr.
Sunshine that he should grab Dakota as he might take off. Janine’s horse too, was pulling back. She had gotten up, grabbed Dakota, then, went
to pull her reins from the rock. She had
dropped Dakota’s reins and I didn’t see a reason to grab them again. In about 2 seconds flat, Dakota started galloping
across the grassy hills. Aero followed,
hobbled! They were about a half mile
away when they stopped. Paul walked
after them and Janine rode her horse.
Two of the oncoming riders diverted from their group and also went after
Aero and Dakota. I stayed on top the
mountain to guard the food and secretly smiling at the ordeal. It was a beautiful sight to see the steeds
running across the grassy hills. I knew
they couldn’t go anywhere as it was a ranch that was fenced, with gates on
either side where the PCT passes through.
We had our fun for the day. Mr.
Sunshine rode Aero back while Janine ponied Dakota. We then finished our lunch and had a nice
chat.
We
stopped at a pile of jumbo rocks across from Eagle Rock to have lunch. There were people at Eagle Rock and I didn’t
want to interrupt them. Janine tucked
her reins into a cleft of the rock and Aero was hobbled. I just let Dakota loose because, after all,
he wouldn’t leave the “herd”. We sat
down to a wonderful shared lunch of cheese, nuts, salmon, bread, fruitcake and
lebkuchen. As we were eating and taking
in the beautiful scenery, Dakota was getting agitated. There were some riders coming in the
distance, about 6 of them.
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