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It's been a bit windy.  Nevada riders only think it's windy when the 
winds get over 35 mph (anything under that is a breeze).  So yeah, 
it's been windy as the local news reported gusts to over 90 mph in 
the area we are in.  The area we are camped in would be great 
ordinarily, but in these conditions it's a dust bowl (dry lake).  I 
was so glad that I rode today, as I got Chief out of the dust. He's 
such a good natured and happy horse that you never feel the 
adversity, only the enthusiasm.  Great day for us.  All day long we 
could see camp by the big cloud of dust blowing.  It still hasn't let 
up.  The weather reports were WRONG, it just kept getting worse, and 
not dying down.  Luckily we get to get out of here tomorrow and ride 
towards the Pinnacles near Trona.

We got to see some pretty country today that was really quite 
spectacular in sections.  Things you don't expect to see in the 
desert like water, green grass, reeds, and really pretty rock 
formations.  We did some rock climbing too.  I used four Bares on 
Chief which worked great since I put them on in the morning and 
didn't have to touch his boots all day until I took him off at the 
end.  I gave up trying to wrap his feet with vetwrap though this 
morning, as I couldn't run fast enough to catch it when it flew out 
of my hands in the wind.  As it was, I barely was able to catch his 
blanket when I took that off!

Riding through the little town of Randsburg was pretty cool.  Elfta 
and I decided that was our new "Darwin".  Much more interesting, and fun.

I've had to keep dumping the horses food and water out and refilling 
as it fills up with gunk.  The dust here has layers on it now.

I have some photos but have not been able to post them due to the 
on-off-on-off internet connection since the wind has picked back up 
just now.  I was just thankful that it wasn't also raining or 
snowing.  In my photos you can see looking back at camp that was the 
only place the dust was.  The only other giveaway is the fact that 
the horses mane is going sideways. ;)

Tomorrow we have to get up a little earlier to not only get ready but 
pack up the rigs that are being moved.  We'll lose our cell service 
tomorrow too.  Now we can call each other in camp, which is the 
safest way to do that.  Some riders have injuries and black eyes from 
being whacked from flying trailer doors.

Karen


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