By lauren
At the end of March I went to Findlay, Ohio and competed at Semi-Finals with the Equestrian Team. Qualifying for Semi's means that we already won our region competition, and were competing against schools across the country such as Ohio, New York, California, and others. We did really well there and our team took second place which qualified us for Nationals which is the first week of May. It is in Lexington, Kentucky during the same time as the Kentucky Derby so we are planning on going to that as well! The team is practicing a lot, and we're hoping to do well at Nationals!!
By lauren
Ok....... It's been FOREVER since i've posted but......we got some of our engagement pictures today and I wanted to show everybody!! So I figured this is the best way :) We had our date scheduled for weeks for last Saturday. And yes, that's when we had our crazy snow storm. But we decided to still take the pictures and i'm really glad we did. They turned out great :)
By lauren
This is the remains of an old look out for Fort Hallick that was on the ranch property way back when. Can you see anything there in the rocks?
How about now?
Lately we have been having a lot of rain and colder weather, so when a nice warm day comes and the sun is out, we can count on the rattlesnakes to sunbathe out on the rock house. We didn't see this guy until our second look around the rocks, and it's a good thing we saw him because this snake didn't have any buttons so it wouldn't be able to rattle and warn us it was there. After getting a couple good pictures, Jake took care of the snake if you know what i mean.
By lauren
I took some pics of the horses that I are in my "string" or in other words, the horses that I will be riding and working with this summer.
Copper
Hotdog
2-Bit
Jake Roping 2-Bit
Brumby and 2-Bit
I also took some pictures while out riding of the scenery and I got some really good one's and had to put them up here :)
Secret Peak
Road back to the Ranch
Secret Peak in the rain
By lauren
Well, I've been at the ranch for 2 1/2 weeks now! Time is going pretty quick! It's a pretty easy job, riding horses all day what could be better? Right now we have 6 guests out at the ranch. A typical day when we have guests goes something like this: Jake (the other wrangler) and I bring horses in before breakfast and get them caught and tied up in the barn. This past week we have been out at the barn at 5 every morning because the horses are in a far pasture. Then we go in for breakfast at 6. We always have a delicious breakfast usually consisting of eggs, pancakes, bacon or sausage, and usually some kind of fruit. Around seven we go down to the barn with the guests and get everyone's horses grained, brushed and saddled, and are usually riding by 8. We then take them on a ride somewhere up in the mountains. Then we are back sometime between 11 & noon, just in time for lunch (which is at noon). Lunch is the largest meal of the day here because all the ranch hands eat lunch in the lodge. Then depending on the weather and how saddle sore the guests are, we either go riding in the afternoon, or one day during the week we take them into the town of Elko to see the sights. There is a really nice western tack store that we always stop by and the Western Folk Life Center that has a gallery of handcrafted saddles, bridles, bits and reigns. I think the most expensive saddle in there is $24,000! Then we come back for dinner at 6. After dinner we are free to do whatever we want, so it's nice to have some free time at night! All in all it's a pretty easy going job! Copper was a little shell shocked at fist when we came out here, but is fitting in nicely now. He's getting a lot more confident and he can now be pastured with all the other horses. That's pretty much the ranch in a nutshell! I finally got some pictures onto my computer so i'll try to keep posting more often!
