Saturday Night Hike (click to enlarge)

This Saturday night, the staff and the volunteers from Crystal Peaks went hiking to a place called Smith Rock. It was gorgeous. This place is just thirty minutes from Redmond (where I live...and just outside of Bend). The view was amazing as we were able to see all of the Cascade Mountains in this area.

The picture below is of the staff and volunteers once we were on top. We all huddled together on that rock that they are sitting on which over looks several hundred feet of sheer rock face. Look at Sam in the middle of all those dagum girls...I really am so thankful that he is here!

Pictures of the Ranch

I dont have much time to update you about this week, but here are some pictures that I was able to take on Saturday. The ranch was closed, but Sam and I had gone in to do some extra work that needed to get done just on the grounds. The storm had moved in from the west, but you can still kind of see the Three Sisters and Broken Top (snow capped mountains) in the background. The week has been rather uneventful as we had two days off. I finally got a chance to ride, which was awesome! A few boys came to the ranch this week that I was able to hang out with, but for the most part the two days that we were open, I spent time just training so that I can start working with boys and horses on my own. I hope that will be soon, but you never can tell.