The riders are divided into two teams. I’m on the “B team,” best Bad team ever. Today we rode up Thunder Mountain with our guides Hank, Dion, and Kitty, amazing wranglers all three. They work from before dawn and end up serving our dinner at night. They do farm work, too, and get the horses and mules ready, plus anticipate our every need on the rides.
On our way up Thunder Mountain, we traveled through Red Rock Canyon, then up through bristlecone and ponderosa pines. When we got to a hogback ridge with a narrow trail, Hank called it “butt-tucker ridge.” We saw more hoodoos of red sandstone, and near the top we came through volcanic rock and ash. It was a gorgeous trip!
In the evening we got to see the alfalfa cubing machines in action right in front of our camp! Some of the men in our group went out to drive the machines. Later, we all went to a Western dinner theater. One of our riders joined the entertainers on stage.
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