Coal Mine Basin Ride
Hwy 95 at the border of Idaho and Oregon
Hosted by "Hot to Trot" Rita and Darrell
and their trusty steeds Holly and Chica

A beautiful ride with a super fun theme!
The weather was not nearly as hot as we thought it would be!
And, there was a nice breeze most of the time. 

"Happy Trails" Robin and Scotty heading out

"Wanderers" Patty and Honey, Stasia and Bozo

Brad and Riggins

"Dust on Fire" Laurajean and JJ, Ellen and Ernie, Shane and Ella, Bert and Toby

"Zipper Lips" Raina and Barry

"Die Hards II" Mike and Jimmy, Candy and Sissy

"Die Hards I" Sue and Hank, Dennis and Skippy, Andrea and Swish

"Renegades" Christine and Mystic

Lee and Shadow

"3 Amigos" John and Shorty, Christopher and Nemo, Toni and Sassy

"Circle 4" catching up to me before the gate (Yay, I don't have to open the gate!)

"Renegades" Lee gets the gate

The view from near the gate

"Renegades" catching "Die Hards II"

The view of Coal Mine Basin from the hills above

Down to #5, or across the top to #2

"Circle 4" going to #2

A little pond on the way to #5

"Happy Trails" down at the pond - picture by Brad from way up on top near #2

Lantern at #5

Canary at #5

"Renegades" and "Dust on Fire" at #5

Pronghorn

Dynamite at #4

Bag of coal at #4

Scotty sporting his new boots

"Zipper Lips" Raina and Rummy, Barry and Mariah

Raina and Rummy on their bearing

They helped me find #4 since my compass went flying out of my hand
somewhere between the land mark and the marker... luckily, I did find it again.

Cushion Buckwheat (Eriogonum ovalifolium)

Oregon Sunshine (Eriophyllum lanatum)

"Circle 4"

Brad and Riggins

Robin and Scotty

Stacia and Bozo, Patty and Honey

"Keep going that way" Shane and Ella

Laurajean and JJ, Ellen and Ernie, Bert and Toby

Sulfur Buckwheat (Eriogonum umbellatum)

Hairy Shasta Buckwheat (Eriogonum pyrolifolium)

"Die Hards II"

Mike with his Jack-O-Lantern smile!

Miner's Hat at #3

"Die Hards I" coming into #3

I was trying not to give away the spot, so the picture didn't come out very good

Sue and Hank

Dennis and Skippy

Andrea and Swish

"3 Amigos" almost to #3

A little pond between #2 and #3 if you went cross country

Looking down into Coal Mine Basin

Panning for gold at the spring

I found gold nuggets!

The view from #2

"Dust on Fire" in the distance headed back to camp

Lee getting the gate for "Renegades" (the gate Darrell and Rita thought we would all go through)

The step we all wondered where it was when we went through the "wrong" gate

"3 Amigos"

"Die Hards II"

"Die Hards I"

"Zipper Lips"

Rita and Darrell's horses all tuckered out - LOL

Since I was the last one to #2, I collected one of the gold nuggets

I'm not sure how "portable" Brads portable electric fence is - LOL

Sunset when I got home

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