Last weekend I had a RARE Saturday off and immediately made plans to head to the mountains for some riding! I am so lucky to have parents who are ALWAYS willing and ready to ride! Plus, I would literally be lost without them! They know all the right turns to get to all the best places! We rode the HONEYMOON TRAIL which is really one of my favorite trails! We can ride right from their house. I LOVE where my parents live! We made a loop through Horsethief before coming back home. I have to tell you, Mom and Dad are in way better riding shape than I am! They have been on a few long rides already this year but this was my first ride of the year! Boy was my butt sore! I have discovered that when you go riding with Dad--you go RIDING. Not STOPPING! That is, unless he spots a mushroom! I still haven't figured out how he can spot a morel growing on the hillside when he is flying by on his four-wheeler but he DOES! It was certainly a beautiful day in the mountains. Everything was so gorgeously green and smelled oh-so wonderful!
THE HONEYMOON TRAIL
(on one of our rare stops!)
MY NEW STICKER ON MY OLD HELMET.
I AM REALLY WANTING THE SWEET LITTLE HELMET I SPOTTED AT THE YAMAHA
SHOP LAST WEEK THOUGH! HOW LONG DO YOU THINK I CAN RESIST? :)
THE HUCKLEBERRY BUSHES ARE LOADED WITH BLOSSOMS THIS YEAR!
CAN'T WAIT TO PICK THOSE Y-U-M-M-Y BERRIES!
ONE OF DAD'S MORELS!
HOW DOES HE SPOT THEM?
WHILE DAD WAS STOPPED TO PICK HIS MUSHROOM, I BEGGED FOR A LUNCH BREAK! I WAS SO SORE! I HAD BEEN RIDING CABOOSE ALL AFTERNOON SO I CERTAINLY HAD A DIRTY FACE! MY LIPS EVEN LEFT A DIRTY PRINT ON MY SODA CAN!
DAD SWATTING AT . . .
EVIL MOSQUITOS! THEY WERE SIMPLY FEROCIOUS!
DAISY WELCOMED THE BREAK TOO!
I LOVE OUR DOG BOXES!
DAISY'S PITIFUL ASPCA AD!
TWO OF MY FAVORITE GIRLS!
IT SURE DID FEEL GOOD TO BE RIDING!
UH-OH! SNOW!
I LOVE RIDING IN THE SNOW!
IT IS ONE OF MY VERY FAVORITE THINGS TO DO!
EXCEPT WHEN I GET STUCK! :(
BUT MY DADDY IS AWESOME AND HELPS ME GET UNSTUCK SO . . .
I CAN GO AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN!
WET, DIRTY AND HAPPY!
LOOKING INTO HORSETHIEF
THE MIGHTY MOREL HUNTER
MR. MOREL FOUND THIS FROG--WHO WAS MIGHTY EAGER TO GET AWAY!
WHAT AN AWESOME DAY IN THE MOUNTAINS!
