Pictures from BPSC

I finally got some pictures from my week at horse camp! Here they are.

Below: I'm on Banjo, the last one to the left with the funny stance. From me over it's Emily on Foxy, Chelsea on Boca, Jamie on Sugar, Ally on Binki, Cammie on Jazzy, and my sister Alexis on her horse Red.
Below: With the campers.

Below: Dawwwwwwey! Me and my little boy Banjo!

Below: cross country course, me and Red.

Below: a little mini named Charlotte

Bridle Paths Summer Camp of 2010

I volunteered at this camp that my sister's friend's parents run every summer in Bronson. I admit that the camp wasn't THAT special. At points it was unorganized and I heard from returning campers that in previous years it was much, much better than it was this year.


But, alas, I did have a good time there! I got to volunteer for a week, while my sister was a counselor. (IS a counselor. She goes back tomorrow for another two weeks. I'm going to miss her!)

Anyways. The girls were awesome! I sort of floated between different cabins, talking to everyone. I was sort of a camper, but not really. And I had privelages of a counselor and helped the girls when they needed me. My favorite cabin was cabin one! And it was very cool how the horse stalls were attached to the cabins!


I rode many different horses. Baxter - Lazy, old horse. Kahlua -- A very pretty Buckskin that had a hard mouth, but besides that she was good.



Of course I rode my sisters horse, Red. She took him along for the camp as a lesson horse, and one girl was having trouble with him so I hopped on and straightened him out. And then got to do Cross Country with him!!


And one of my favorite horses ------

BANJO!


The first night we came a counselor named Courtney rode him, and he wasn't the best. All jittery and needed a REALLY light hand on the bit or he would continuously toss his head. The girl that was assigned to him was scared, really scared. And then two girls switched and they were fine, but he still had problems.

So. On the weekend was MY time to ride, and I decided to ride him cause we didn't want any of the campers taking chances on him during a trail ride. I almost rode bareback, but found a saddle. And we ran out of pads, so I used a blanket (See? Unprofessional!)


He had such a light mouth! Literally, if you would pull back he would throw his head in the air. It was ridiculous.

So, I experimented. Since I WAS in the western saddle, I wondered if he would neck rein....and the entire week of English riding wasn't meant for the little western horse ;) And I also figured that maybe if I leaned back while moving the reins back and not really putting too much pressure on the bit, he would respond. And the rest of the ride he barely ever tossed that head.



I didn't trot too much, because we were getting acquainted, and it was a little stormy. (He is such a spook, that in the middle of tacking up he startled over a Popsicle, and stumbled around with flared nostrils and white eyes for all of 5 minutes. It took a bit to calm him, and then I left the lead rope untied in case that happened again.) Plus I hate gaited horses, ugh! Just hate them. And he was part gaited. So it didn't feel too hot riding that trot and canter. (Yes, we did canter in a field for all of 10 seconds :) )


But he is a sweetie! And he has a licking problem!

Ahaha!

Anyways, I'll post all of the pictures I have in a later post! I already got carried away writing in this one....
Toot-A-Loo!!!

I want to ride

The more time passes by, the more I feel like I'll never go riding again. I want to go so bad, but we moved and we don't have the horses in our reach so I can never go now. We're boarding them at this lady's house, that my mom works with. And it's so far away!

I've literally only gone out there once in this past two months.

This is why I need to drive! That way, right as school got out I could speed on down there and spend time with Jewel and Red.

Day Of Photography

Yesterday it was too hot and humid to ride, so my sister and I decided that we would take pictures with the horses, and then blow the pictures up and hang them on our walls.

We groomed the horses, making them look mighty pretty, and then gussied ourselves up a little too. And with that, we went outside to take the pictures....only to find that the horses had escaped! Those little tricksters ditched us and went off to graze!

Anyways....we still got in some pics. *winky face* Here they are:

Me and Jewel --

Aren't we cute?? She got itchy so I was scratching her ears for her. She loved it!

Alexis and Red -

And we also took some pictures with some of our cats! But I must say that Sushi HATED it. She was about ready to claw our eyes out, growling like a dog at us!

Back in the Saddle.

I've been lazy with the horses! There, I admit it. I haven't gone out to ride for a few weeks. I just didn't feel like it.

But yesterday, I came upstairs to see Alexis talking on the phone with one of her friends- actually it was my friend, but not the point here- and I decided that enough was enough. I was so frustrated, and I was dieing to get outside.

"Alexis," I said. "Let's go on a trail ride."

She completely agreed with me, so we got up, got dressed, and took off down the road on a trail ride. I loved every second of it.