Winery - Hog Roast Cancer Benefit TrailRide

Mr Ron on the wagon.

Jessica and Ashleigh trying to catch up with us.

Young and old trail riders having fun along the way.

April 25 was a warm day. We did a trail ride down Little Indian Creek RD from Lonedell to Richwoods to the Bardenheir Winery. All was for a good cause to raise money for the Siteman Cancer Center. I estimate about 50-60 horses were there. We left our horse and wagon at home, and it was a good thing.
There were three water crossings and Wolfie is afraid to get his hooves wet! Also there were three huge hills, and he is too out of condition to pull that distance. It was supposed to be 6.3 miles each way, but it felt more like 25 miles. One person did bring a horse and wagonette. It took them forever to make the trip. Ron and I rode in a wagon pulled by a truck. Not bad at all. Made some new friends, and saw some old friends. It was lovely looking at all the blooming dog wood trees, and the spring wild flowers. We stopped at the winery and had appetizers and cool drinks. When we got back to the ranch, the hog was roasted and we had dinner.

April JCTR Horse Show

We finally had our first horse show of the season. It was a rain date, but we had 70 horses. Ron and I had to leave early so we could get to Hoofed Heroes Trivia Night to work. The storm blew in just after we left, raining out the last few classes of the show. Jessica and Wolfie made their debut in the flag race class. Wolfie wasn't too sure about what he was supposed to do, but they made it around in about 100 seconds!

I wonder what Wolfie is thinking.... If looks could kill.

Been all night at Bonnie's working on her computer. Forgot how aggravating dial up can be. This should have been 20 minutes.... Not 3 hours.

Back home from Virginia

Leo & Josie

We had a wonderful time visiting Karen and Tim and our grand-dogs in Virginia. The drive out and back was grueling, but the scenery was beautiful. Spring was popping out everywhere we looked. We were planning on doing a little site seeing out there, but after the long drive, we just wanted to stay at the house and visit. Ron stayed busy assembling things... BBQ grill, closet organizer, and I did pretty much of nothing.

The kid's have a beautiful home. I really like their floor plan, minus the steps. The kitchen is quite breath taking. While we were there, Karen invited some friends over for an open house, and we got to meet some of their buddies they spent time with overseas. Everyone was very nice. We were also invited to a friends birthday party at a very good restaurant called Maggionos Little Italy. They served family style great Italian food. The best tiramisu I have ever tasted! I just found out we have one of these restaurants here at our own St Louis Galleria. Maybe we will have to try out the food here, too.

I met Leo, the blonde cocker spaniel, for the first time. Leo is somewhat shy, but he seemed to like Ron pretty well. Leo is Tim's dog. Josie and I were still bonded from her stay with us several years ago. She is still the cutest little dog. She slept with me a couple of nights while we were out in Virginia. I really missed our dogs, and it helped to have Josie close by.

All of our animals survived our trip away. Jessica took good care of everyone. The cats and dogs missed us a lot, and Wolfie was glad to see Jessica go home. She rode him every day. He is not used to so much attention. Well, as they say, there is "no place like home". We sure are glad to be back home, sleeping in our own bed.