6/28-29/10

A picture of Skinner! Im gonna miss him!

On the 28th we rode 15 miles on lots of dirt roads. On the 29th we rode about 17 miles to the end of the wagon train for this year. We rode down and up many steep hills and through ruts with the wagons and I partly took the day of to let my dad ride Maggie and also so I could ride in Skinners wagon! I listened to Skinners storys about mules and then when we got to camp we found out we would be ending the Wagon train 1 day earlier and not ride into Casper. Cassee and I stayed up late to hang out with the others and watched the stars in the sky. Oh yes! Also a rattle snake came into our camp and Skinner picked it up with his hand. (While he was in his kilt<--- I need a photo of that if someone has one!!) We watched for shooting stars and Skinner showed us the Big Dipper and the North Star. Oh yeah... What does TJ mean Skinner?? I still cant figure it out!

6/26-27/10

On the 26 we only rode 8 miles to Fort Fetterman then drove to casper and got new boots. On the 27 (Sunday) we went to church under a tent (still at Fort Fetterman) and after church Cassee and I rode around on the ponies bareback and walked around the museum there. Then we saw Natrual Bridge!

6/25/10

Well! What a fun day this was! Today was my parents Anniversary. We decided to give the horses a break and instead of riding, load them up onto the trailer and drive to the next campsite. Nothing went as planned. It took us 3 hours to try and load up Mags. Everyone was cussing and yelling and no one was happy with her or each other. Finally, we called our trainer Pete Dillingham and Debbie Jones and they talked us through it. When we got to the next camp site it was at Wyoming's Fairgrounds and the Wyoming High School Rodeo Finals were on. Cassee and I went to watch the rodeo that night with Cassidy, Kaden, Nolan, and Mich. We had fun:D