Rain rain GO Away.....

Needless to say ...the rain in April was the absolute pits!!!  Sometimes Wisconsin rec'd even more than Illinois (which doesn't seem possible!).  Horse back riding outdoors when the ground is saturated or has standing water is not a good idea.  The horses ( especially having been kept in the barn for 6 weeks so the grass can grow in the pastures ) are VERY energetic & could hurt themselves as well as those in the saddle. It's a known fact that horses & mud are not a good match....much like horses & ice - the risk of tripping or falling is magnified 10 fold.

              This is the entrance to the tract where we would ride :(

                    Here is the tract itself - what an oozy mess!!!

                    You can barely make out Tia's white stockings.

                  The Buddha wasn't looking too worse for wear.

             Blackjack is shedding out BIG time - yep -that all came off him!

       Kayla braided his mane AFTER making HIM wear his pink halter - yikes!!

             Lastly, the Buddha & I having a love-in in the barn :)


Hopefully, by next week, the sun will actually appear & the tract will dry up so we horse lovers can get some much wanted saddle time under our belts for 2011!