Dang it !

Just found out yesterday that 35 acres have been rezoned in our neighborhood and 115 homes will probably be built in a new subdivision.....with the entrance on our road. Our quiet little rural neighborhood is going to change a lot. At least our immediate neighbors have some acreage and provide us with a little buffer.

Easter

We had a really nice Easter Sunday. Mindy came up from St Augustine and went to church with Bobby, Mom and me. Jenny and Ben joined us for lunch. Too bad that Shelly and Bo had to go back to Tennessee on Saturday and couldn't enjoy Easter with us, but Shelly had to be back for school on Monday. Robbin, Tim and Julian hung out with the Painters so that Julian could hunt Easter eggs. The rain held off all day !
EASTER PICTURES

The Flood

Me, Bobby, Charlotte and Katie thought that we would go ahead and try to ride at San Felasco park today even though the weather forecast didn't look great. We thought the bad weather would hold off till afternoon. WRONG !! What started off as a fog turned to drizzle and then to full blown rain and lightning. We got to the park, turned around and came on home. The storm got worse as we were driving down 441 - hail starting banging the truck and a gust of wind and rain came sideways and scared me half to death. We made it home safely, (after a 3 hour round trip) and the horses were just a little wet....guess we should have been smart like our friends Mike & Traci and stayed home.

Camping Report

Boy did we ever have a great time ! We had 15 total riders for the Saturday morning ride. 4 of the riders had never gone over the land bridge before - so it was a fun time for them. We rode a little over 3 hours then had lunch back at the camp. 6 of us stayed for the night. After we set up our tent and relaxed for a while...we all went back out on a short ride to explore the trails closer to camp. It is such a beautiful place - I think it's my very favorite place to ride so far! The only downside was TICKS! We picked ticks from ourselves and the horses -nasty little critters - gotta remember to spray ourselves with a deet product before we head out next time.
PICTURES HERE

Going Camping

We're going to Princess Place with the horses this weekend and camping with our Happy Trails group. The weather has been rainy and cool, but is supposed to clear and warm up for the weekend. We'll be in our little 2 man tent with Bobby's legs probably hanging out of the door. :) I'll be riding Maybe and leaving Stylin at home since she's just 2 months from foaling.

I plan on using this blog to post our Happy Trails schedule and let anyone keep track of what's happening at our place. Stylin is not due to have her foal until the middle to end of May - so I'll probably be updating her progress.