Beamer and Bushwacking

First a Beamer update. Took him to the vet yesterday, and he had a big chunk of chin removed; it wasn't likely to fuse and would either dry up and break off, or get necrotic, so we opted to remove the chunk that was hanging down. He was really good, they were impressed with his good manners (and good looks!But manners were more important). We sprayed it with Derma Gel and I'll clean it every day and apply some of my oils to speed up the healing. I'll spare you the wound photos.
Went on a group trail ride today; took Gussie, and we rode for around 3 hours. I must say, it was a great group of people and a variety of well behaved horses. 4 Morgans, a Suffolk/QH cross, a paint, a pretty bay grade horse, and Gussie.

Our trails wound through the forest, with frequent stops to put up ribbon markers; this is an area designated for horse trails.The fuzzy orange thing behind the stump is a red merle Aussie dog; and I brought Tess along. Both dogs were very good. We eventually made our way up to the top, overlooking the valley between Creston and the US border- great view!

The 4 Morgan horses; the youngest, bottom right, is 4 yrs old, and the one next to him is 20.

As you can see there is still plenty of smoke from the forest fires, and the bush we were riding in is pretty dry. There is still a full out fire ban in our province.
As we wound our way down, we could hear an elk bugling, but we didn't see any wildlife. The trails are good- a lot of us were riding barefoot horses and there were no bad areas. At trails end, we were treated to muffins, Timbits, bagels and cookies from Tim Hortons, thanks to the young lady who organized the ride. It was a great day, and I look forward to making this a regular outing.