Down to the river

I took Mesa for another walkabout the other day, this time we found a spot to walk right to the river.

Didn't mean to get my raggy sleeve in the video! That's my green Carr Hart coat that I have had for 10 years. Best chore coats ever! This was going up onto the dyke and topping out with a view of the river. Then we went downstream a bit until we got to the spot where the boulders that edge the dyke on the river's side of it have a bit of a path that is navigable  by horses; I have ridden there in the summer and with it's extra coating of  hard pack snow it was easy going to the water.

She wasn't quite sure about that moving water, tried to circle me a few times.

We stayed until she relaxed.
Then back up the trail, enjoying the view- these walks are as much for me as they are for her.

Then back down on that trail you can just see in that photo, on the left side, where quads cut down into the bush.

We found this really cool old stump that I really want to take home and plant with flowering vines and pretty flowers.

Tuesday is the day I plan on going to Alberta to pick up Gussie. We are supposed to get 20 cm. of snow today and tonight, and then it clears off, so hopefully by Tuesday the crews will have the roads in good shape. If not, I'll wait a couple more days.

Doing chores yesterday morning I noticed some deer running through the neighbour's fields, then saw Beamer alerting and spotted this doe, looking back the way they came. She ended up going back, her young ones must not have followed the rest of the herd and she had to go back to them. Beamer loves that spot, he keeps an eye on everything that goes on over at the neighbours. He loves it when they have their cattle and sheep over in that field.
He still is a bit too sore to ride, he has a puffy spot on his knee. So I just groom him and love up on him.