The Road Not Often Traveled: A Summer Spent Horse Back

In thinking about this past summer it's been amazing! I've looked so forward to the day we could spend it horse back working together as a family. With that being said I found it most appropriate to start off with this a picture of Dally getting to set on Blacky aka Grandpa by herself. Although Kitten is the horse Dally lays claim to her and Balcky got along quite well this summer.

For the past to summers Dally has taken Blacky to the North Park Never Summer Junior Rodeo where they've competed in the barrels and poles. Both years there have been young ladies gracious in giving her the belt buckle they won.

To secure Dally on Blacky we strap her wheelchair seat to western style saddle.

Blacky is such and amazing horse and when you put he and Quinten together they make quite a pair.

After a long and hard ride Blacky came up lame which meant finding a couple different horses that Quinten could ride to give Blacky some time off. He has very excited to ride Kitten, she is the mare that Dally and I often ride. It was a huge step for Quinten to be riding something other than Blacky and a big step for Kitten in proving she really is a family horse.

This past summer was Blayden had his first official job. The ranch we work for hired him on to help Regin. He spent most days horseback checking yearlings or pairs and doctoring. When he wasn't horseback there was fence to be fixed or projects around the barn and shop to work on. Many times he could be quoted as saying this has been one of the best summers ever.

Waylan also came along great with his horsemanship skills and roping this past summer. By the time the summer wrapped up Regin could send he and Blayden off to check for sick cattle or to gather while he looked at a different area of the pasture.