TUESDAY, 22 MAY:
We were off early, 0500, for Bishop Mule Days in order to be a little ahead of the morning commute North. We succeeded. The traffic flowed through Temecula and onto CA 91 where it did slow and bunch up a bit. It was not long though before we passed the I-10 interchange and we could relax a bit. We were in Big Pine by mid-day checking into our motel.
We made contact with Tina, Justin, DawnMarie, and VidaRose at their Tack Room before DawnMarie was off to show her donkeys in English Jumping and Pleasure Classes. I know it is hard for you to accept that mules do these things, but donkeys can do these events as well, though sometimes they can be cantankerous. I do not have pictures of these events as I was using Tina's camera this afternoon. DawnMarie works and trains her animals very well and it shows in that she gets a number of awards each year.
Traditionally in the evening we head for Amigos for a delicious Mexican dinner. We usually get their Tuesday special of lobster enchiladas, but Tina suggested we try their Cancun Enchiladas. They were delicious. I think I have had them in the past, and they were as good as before. They were tastier than the lobster enchiladas.
After dinner we headed back to our motel, The Big Pine Motel, while the group went back to the animals to do some riding
WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY:
The morning was clear and cool. We enjoyed a morning walk East of town into a bit of the foothills. We always enjoy this walk as we can see and appreciate the lingering layer of snow in the Palisades region of the Eastern Sierra.
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| Looking up at the Palisades Glacier |
This year we came across a turkey vulture in the road that eventually flew up and roosted in a cottonwood tree.
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| Turkey Vulture Looking |
We also saw a couple of butterflies, and a couple of good sized lizards basking on the rocks.
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| Lizard |
Once back at the Motel, we enjoyed our breakfast of sweet pretzels, bananas, and coffee, before heading off to Bishop for the day.
It was another day of English riding and jumping classes as well as dressage. I have no pictures of the dressage classes as I used Tina’s camera so I would not have to deal with sending pictures to her. J
DawnMarie showed donkeys in the English classes including jumping with Mr. Earistable. Then Tina had a round in the English Pleasure class with her mule.
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| DawnMarie & Mr. Earistable |
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| Donkey - English Jumping |
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| Mr. Earistable with DawnMarie |
Tina and Justin provided dinner of Chili and Corn Cakes. This they had prepared in Ohio, and froze to be consumed at Bishop. It was
delicious.
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