Poker, Running, and Wedding Bliss

Dusty invited us to come over to Oak City and do the Poker Run Trail Ride. We brought Dallas along and Jabin and Hadden stayed with Robyn because the boys were playing baseball in Fillmore all day. We started the ride with a card and as we went along the ride there were different stops where you would get another card. The best hand at the end won a saddle. Dallas rode Wakara, Matt on Dan, I rode Badger, Dusty was on Molly, Kelly rode Pow Wow, because Orphan Annie got in the wire, and Mark Mundy rode Chief, Dusty's cousins Steve Roberts and Stewart rode with us too.

Dallas did pretty good and said she had a good time. The trail was really steep. On the way down my saddle started to slip over Badger's neck. Matt said it wouldn't go over his head but it was just enough that the back strap tightened up and Badger kept bucking until I pulled over on the trail and adjusted and tightened the saddle.

There were 77 riders that entered the game but there were probably alot more riders then that because a lot of the kids that were there didn't sign up. There were only a couple of times on the trail that we had to wait because a couple of groups got to close. We ended up passing some riders because their horses were out of shape and having a hard time climbing that steep trail.

Dallas Matty or, as Steve called her...Tuna Salad, because she told him her name spelled backwards is Sallad. He got a kick out of her. Dusty calls her Matty.

Getting out of harms way... One of the rider's horses was really out of shape. The horse was trembling because his muscles were so spent. Everytime the guy would stop the horse would just slowly back down the trail just shaking. The guy got off and lead the horse up the mountain and the guy was a little "tuned up" (with what he was drinking) and ended up falling down a couple of times and getting scratched on his face. When he got down to the trucks he was bleeding in a couple of spots and his horse was trembling, it was quite the sight. We didn't think the horse was going to make it. Dallas was right behind him on this steep pull so Dusty had her quickly get around him in case the horse went down.

Getting a drink at the end of the ride. We didn't have the best hand and heard that three guys had three aces, so the high card won. It was really a fun time even though I wouldn't have known if I had a good hand. I can play Black Jack but don't really care about Poker so I've never learned how to play.

It was a fun ride with our friends. It felt like fall though instead of the middle of June. We went and picked up the kids and headed out to Meadow to Dusty's place and met his wife. He has a beautiful home and yard. Dallas found his little squirl trap and made him promise he would got turn them loose and not shoot them. He promised. It was really nice to meet Diane. We think a lot of this family and look forward to the rides and good times we are sure to have in the future.

Julia was visiting for the weekend because she had work in SLC. It was so nice to stay up late when we got home from the ride and catch up with her. Julia and I got to go for a run together in the morning before we got ready and headed over to Bicknell for Alan and Lacie Grundy's wedding. Marcus and Marianne pulled their trailer up to Mill Meadow and camped with everybody. The wedding was really nice and she had the cutest flower pots for decorations; I'm going to have Matt make me some for my porch. I liked a saying she had printed on an old glass window pane. It said: Courage is being scared to death and saddling up anyway.....Love it. Congrats Alan and Lacie!

Enough cussing the camera!! I'm getting a new one this week!