Ted and I went for a Sunday drive to visit our friends in Montana, the people we bought Beamer from. We left the dogs in their new kennel.
They weren't too impressed with being left behind, but we can't take them across the border until we get their shots updated.
This is Beamer at the age of 3 months, the first time I saw him. I fell in love with his cuteness and spoke for him then, bought him just over a year later. We took a backroad through northern Montana not knowing that it wasn't maintained in the winter, so we had to detour through another backroad that took us about an hour out of our way. It was kind of a surprise to see roads like this:
There were a few stretches of road like that, but we made it through and spent a few hours visiting at our friend's ranch. They have a training barn and specialize in reining horses. The economy is hitting them hard right now. They have some really nice horses for sale, including a daughter of Skeets Peppy that I fell in love with.
Their stallion is a half brother to Beamer; same sire, different mare.
He was shown successfully in reining, I don't have his stats, but if anyone is interested in breeding to him I can put you in touch with his owners; he stands in Eureka, Montana.
They also own a Reba daughter, a full sister to Janice's Sage and Carol's Jess.
She is so much like Reba! Only smaller.
Same intensity; she was stalking a cat in this photo.
There were a lot of deer hanging around the ranch, and on the way home we saw a lot of deer, the mild winter sure must have helped them.
And what visit to a ranch is complete without barn cats?
Theresa and her daughter do energy balancing- on horses and humans- and they worked on Ted and me. I definitely feel better today, and so does Ted.
We have pouring rain today, and I have to work this afternoon, so it's an inside day for me. Ted is outside tearing down the old rotten mobile home that borders part of the mare's pen. I can't wait till it's gone, such an eyesore! That'll be the subject of another post.
So I leave you with my pathetic Beamer, all snugged up in his rain coat today.
16 comments:
Sounds like a great trip. Do your friends have a website ? what is energy balancing?
Beamer sure has grown into a handsome horse! Looks like you had a pretty good visit! I see some green! You stay dry or should I say try?
Sounds like you guys had a great time! Beamer sure was a cutie when he was a baby!
Cute beamer baby!
Nice to see a baby Beamer pic! Glad you got to go on a road trip too.
That stallion is adorable. Beamer was cute when he was a little guy. He sure grew into his own, though.
How long does it take you to drive into Montana? We still have snow on the ground down here, but not near as much as up there.
Is energy balancing like massage?
~Lisa
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its not too hard to understand why they call montana big sky country:D
What a sad little face watching you go.
Sounds like you had a great visit. Thanks for sharing all the photos! Beamer was, and is, such a cutie!!
I think it's a rule that all snow should be gone by now. Beamer was a real cutie. He doesn't look happy in the rain.
I'd have picked Beamer too...what a lil' cutie! Do your friends have a web site? I'd check out their 2 year olds if they have any.
Great post, the baby pic of Beamer is a fave and all the shots were great. Glad ya'll had a fun time..:-)
Hi Shirley, I like your dog house..and I bet they were none too happy. I heard you are having puppies..I hope we get to see lots of photos! :)
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