Horse Back Riding

I've been taking horse back riding lessons.  I go to a friend's house once a week to ride and be with the horses and take care of them.  I brush them and clean the corral.  It is fun for me because I love horses.  Then we go to the lesson.  I have my own lesson and I'm learning how to post and canter.  Below is a really old picture of me on a horse up in Montana.  The horse's name is Yeller.  It's not the horse I ride for lessons.  I will post recent pictures soon.

Ice Cream

I can't blog because I'm busy eating ice cream.

Starting Again

I have not written much in a while but I'm going to right now.  This is me in my cyclocross race in Victor, Idaho.  I got third place in the race, first place female.

At my Dad's blog, he writes haiku, so that's what I'm going to do.

At the start they go
Mostly mountain bikes racing
Your breathing is hard

I just went to Moab and had a lot of fun. I love the rock formations and the redness of it. I went on two hikes and a bike ride. The bike ride was at Klondike Bluffs at the north end of Arches National Park, and the hike was at the Moab West Rim trail, overlooking the Colorado River. I had lots of fun, and now here are lots of pictures.

Here are some cool rock formations.


Does this one look like a dinosaur?

Old Oak

I have a tree named Old Oak
Though my Mom says it's only 16
Moss and holes are on its limbs
Birds and their nests are in between

Gold Head Branch

I went to Gold Head Branch State Park. We hiked down to the steephead ravine and around Sheelar Lake. We saw many interesting plants like needle palm, lichens, and sundews. This is me sitting on a log over the stream.

This is a needle palm. They only live in ravines where it is warm and moist.

This is Sheelar Lake, one of the most beautiful lakes I've ever seen.


These are cool mushrooms on a log. They eat dead wood.


Dead logs are so full of life. This one has lichens. Lichens are fungus and green algae living together.

This beautiful forest creature is my mom in the saw palmettos.


Looking up from the bottom of the ravine.

These are sundews, living in the seeps on the edge of Sheelar lake. They eat insects that get stuck to their shiny leafs. Wet soils are low in nutrients, so they eat insects to stay healthy.

Payne's Prairie

I went to Payne's Prairie and saw many interesting animals. Like alligators, deer, egrets, and many other things. The alligators were sunning on the bank. On my way to the look out tower I saw two alligators asleep on the bank of the river with a deer right behind them! I do not think the deer noticed them, but it turned around and went away.

I also saw a very beautiful American egret. It's feathers look exactly like fur. Here is a picture.

Payne's Prairie is so much fun. Perhaps you can go there some time.