From left to right:
Little Brat on Bo, Me on Woodie,
Gma Kathy on Potter, and the Oldest Brat on Clementine...
The ladies in the family took a ride to Lake Anna this Labor Day weekend. We loaded the ponies up and hauled to the Lake Anna State Park early Sunday morning... 
This was the first trip for both Clementine and the Oldest Brat off the farm!
The Little Brat can't quite manage on her own yet...but you can always find her lovin' on her pony...
...or playing on mom's stuff...
The trail ride was lots of fun...I'd like to have got more pics of us navigating the trees and creeks and bridges, but it's a bit hard to manage a camera while riding and towing a punk on her horse behind you...trust me, it was fun, and everyone did great! I think the ride is about an hour from the parking lot to the lake...when we got to the lake, we stripped down to our bathing suits and took the horses for a dip...the Oldest Brat has never gone pony surfing, so she hopped on Bo (ole faithful), and too a spin...
After a refreshing swim, we tied the ponies to rest a bit while we went solo swimming...
...nothing more fun than a little game of punk tossing!
The Little Brat can't quite manage on her own yet...but you can always find her lovin' on her pony...
...or playing on mom's stuff...
The trail ride was lots of fun...I'd like to have got more pics of us navigating the trees and creeks and bridges, but it's a bit hard to manage a camera while riding and towing a punk on her horse behind you...trust me, it was fun, and everyone did great! I think the ride is about an hour from the parking lot to the lake...when we got to the lake, we stripped down to our bathing suits and took the horses for a dip...the Oldest Brat has never gone pony surfing, so she hopped on Bo (ole faithful), and too a spin...
There were lots of waves due to all the holiday traffic on the lake....the horses didn't seem to mind any...
Clementine was just happy she did not have to go near the water...she hates to get all those pretty fluffy feathers on her legs wet...it's so un-lady-like! So she stood by and watched...
After a refreshing swim, we tied the ponies to rest a bit while we went solo swimming...
The Little Brat has become quite fearless with those water wings on...I think we are going to have to start her in swim lessons next year!
...nothing more fun than a little game of punk tossing!
....after we dried off, we enjoyed some snacks and drinks and took in some of the tubing wipe-outs taking place out on the lake...there CAN'T be anything fun about wiping out...it looks so PAINFUL! So when we'd had our fill of fun for the day, we strapped the wet towels to Potter, tacked up, and headed back to the trailers...
The expedition wasn't without many chuckles and interesting experiences...as documented below, the Little Brat realized that sitting upright is ideal while on horseback...
..because if you happen to get make the unfortunate decision to lay all the way back on your horses booty....
...you will soon find out that returning to the upright position is more difficult than anticipated...impossible even! Thank goodness for soft hearted Gma's to help you up when you've gotten yourself stuck...I couldn't stop laughing long enough :)
The expedition wasn't without many chuckles and interesting experiences...as documented below, the Little Brat realized that sitting upright is ideal while on horseback...
..because if you happen to get make the unfortunate decision to lay all the way back on your horses booty....
...you will soon find out that returning to the upright position is more difficult than anticipated...impossible even! Thank goodness for soft hearted Gma's to help you up when you've gotten yourself stuck...I couldn't stop laughing long enough :)
Happy Trails!
Leah
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