News From Siesta

Well, okay, it was actually Siesta's mom, Barb, that send me nearly a dozen emails today, telling me in wonderful detail and showing me in beautiful pictures and videos how fabulous Siesta is doing.  They've just returned from four days of camping and riding all over the South Steens, in South-Central Oregon, where the wild horses run free.

That is Barb's husband, Brian, on the right, riding Siesta.  Barb is riding her beloved Missouri Foxtrotter mare.  Don't they look wonderful?  Barb and Brian took turns riding Siesta during the four days, and she was as solid a trail mount as a seasoned horse would be.  Barb says she was very surefooted, quiet, and nothing bothered her at all. Siesta even ponied Barb's mare through water.  She hauled like a champ, was quiet at night, and accepted everything that they threw at her.  According to Barb, the Steens Mountain area is a real test of a horse's mind and heart, and Siesta passed with flying colors.  The trail is hard and steep with lots of rock shelves and boulders, but she placed her feet perfectly and never flinched.  They met hikers with tall packs on the trail, and motorbikes on the road, but Siesta couldn't have cared less.  Isn't that fantastic?  I think so, and so do Barb and Brian.  I bet if we asked Siesta, she'd say that she's the lucky one, and things are indeed fantastic.

Siesta is such a pretty horse!  She is much more muscled now than she was when she was here with me; I like the way she has filled out.  She has a strong, yet feminine look to her.  She looks fabulous, and if I didn't know her age, I would never guess that she is only three years old.

Barb has kindly invited me to come visit and ride the Steens with them next year.  I think I just might take her up on that, and I think I know which horse I want to ride...