My apologies for the delay on the report from Crossroads! 

But my husband had surgery - so I have an excuse ;-)  He's doing well.

 

 

Anyways, we did have a great time at Crossroads.  6 horses hauled in.  Unfortunately the weather also rolled in and that forced us to be flexible in the planning.  But whose to say a little excitement isn't welcome?

 

Tracker's Mounted Archery demo, though rescheduled, was spectacular!  I wrote up a blog about it here:

http://sunponyranch.blogspot.com/2009/05/crossroads-2009.html   Note that Tracker is eager to conduct a mounted archery clinic for us at one of our practices - so keep that in mind.

 

And all of my photos are available here at a slightly larger resolution:

 

I haven't yet had a chance to write up the Eq Tourney -- life has been kinda hectic.  Let's say it was a rather windy day, which is just all so much fun with barding!  But we did process through camp, and then conducted a challenged based largely on what elements did we have that wouldn't blow away.  The pig sticking frequently threatened to become a true pig-chase!

 

Cecelia's photos (may we all send thanks to Thorvald (sp?) who shot photos while the rest of us were attending to horses)  can be viewed here: 

http://s197.photobucket.com/albums/aa111/Bellvuehorsetooth/

 

I have to say all of the accolades I'd heard about the wonderful equestrian facilities at the Byer's fairgrounds site were entirely true.  I look forward to attending again next year.

 

Tegan