Some pics of the horses of Riverside Ranch
Here is a beautiful summer shot of the horses, (courtesy of Jodi's photographic eye!) from left to right: Firefly, Swirl, Flash and in the foreground, Dakota. We are looking forward to days like this again. The grass is turning greener every day and soon feeding hay will be a distant memory!
The horses crossed the river yesterday for the first time this spring. The water is very high and they all had to swim like crazy. The current is swift as well and I was really worried about little Comet and his mom Cinnamon who are ponies. The current did take them downstream a little but they made it.
Dakota, Mai-lee, Taz and Buckie stayed behind and eventually the rest came back across the river. Firefly, a big boy, entered the river and went completely under the water! Jenny, Ian and I were watching him and he totally disappeared! It was frightening for a couple of seconds when he came back up and swam for the shore. The river is going down daily now. Normally they can cross the river without having to swim but at the moment the river is 6 or 8 feet above summer level.
