Much better day today nice and sunny. We all went for early morning rides . I had a horse called Show Joe and he was lovely apart from wanting to snack on anything green that he spied! We saw deer and a red tailed hawk on the trail. Claire and I decided to go for a walk and look at the wash and waterfalls. We picked up some sticks from the Nature Centre and while there saw several beautiful Humming Birds. We set off and walked alongside a Road Runner.. We took a...

Woke up to a strange noise on roof it was raining, oh no! Claire and I saw a skunk early this morning fancy that. Also saw the beautiful little humming bird again. June was hoping to go loping this morning but it was too wet, Alan still confined to his cabin poor chap. The rest of us went on a walking hike in the Saguaro National Park. Our guide was a lady called Virginia it was very interesting and nice to be walking on our own legs for a change! It rained a b...

Up early this morning for breakfast ride. My horse today was Fudge he was very big! Had lovely ride up to a beautiful spot where the ranch hands had cooked a delicious breakfast including blueberry pancakes! Back at the ranch we had a quick drink and then went for a lesson. I had another horse called Clint who was a bit unsettled and I didn't do very well but hey I'm quite happy. After lunch Nick and John went fishing in the lake and caught catfish and bas...

Met up with some lovely American friends of Alan and June. We went on a mountain horse walk with them it was wonderful through the desert with enormous saguaro cacti everywhere and spring flowers just beginning to come out. Magnificent view at the top. My horse today was called Dexter he was a very friendly and filled me with confidence. Not quite as stiff today! Nick and John did some lassoing with two wranglers on a pretend steer they did very well. Claire...

Had deicious blueberries,raspberries and blackberries for breakfast. Alan and June have signed us up for intermediate horse lessons today (are they mad?) We decide to give it a go so at 11am we find ourselves mounting some more horses mine was a light brown boy called Uno. We walked down the trail to another paddock and altogether and then individually we walked around the paddock and then trotted! The wrangler then told us how to lope which Claire and John did...