The Campers Return

We had a GREAT time! Memo was such a good girl!! She loves being a trail pony, and seemed very content to stand in her corral looking out in the forest. Luckily, she was next to her "boyfriend" Georgio in the corrals. They make a cute chestnut couple.

When Nat was not in the saddle, she was playing games or laughing with her friends. What a great bunch of gals. They get along so well and didn't want the trip to end.

The park was awesome... very clean, spacious, lots of trees... and miles of horse trails. The girls would be gone for hours at a time. So glad that everyone stayed safe and had a good time.

I had a nice time hanging out with my friends too... we all ate too much!! The diet will start tomorrow ;) Lots of good stories and laughing until we cried. We didn't get a lot of sleep though... the first night a huge wind storm felt like it would blow us away into the trees!! The horses were pretty wound up... we could hear them kicking, playing around, and nickering to each other. The second night, a pack of coyotes were howling and yelping!! Kinda scary, but they passed and didn't seem to disturb the horses at all.

We got a good start on getting things cleaned up and put away, but there is so much more to do. Nat and I are pretty worn out, but it was worth it. Can't wait until our next trip!!

Exciting news here... our new niece should be here any minute. Jim's brother Jason and his wife Marie are expecting their first child. They are at the hospital and have been since 7:00AM. Grace Olivia Dukes is being a stubborn little girl and taking her time coming into this world. Can't wait to meet her! Nat is thrilled to finally have a girl cousin :)

We spent this evening down in Wilsonville having dinner with my family and saying "bon voyage" to Drew as he heads back to Colorado to college. We will miss having him around, but are so thrilled that he has this opportunity. He will have a few weeks before school starts to start training and getting acclimated to the altitude again before cross country officially starts. Go get 'em, Drew!!