Rats Nest
Near Marsing
Hosted by "Three Amigos" John, Amy, Toni, and Christopher
and their trusty steeds Shorty, Snip, Nemo, and Snip

Another interesting ride in the Owyhees with beautiful scenery, a fun theme, and lots of water and cows

Friday Night

Beautiful sunset

Sitting around talking

Saturday

Josh starting to look for #1

Joanie and Diesel ready to go

"Wanderers" Patty and Honey, Sandy and Champ, Jerry and Rocky, Stasia and Larry

"Hot to Trot" Josh and Holly, Rita and Ricki, Darell and Chica

Christopher napping while teams are timing out

"Renegades" Lee, Everlee, and Christine

"Stagecoach Possee" Derek and Chirp, Lisa and Ruby, Terry and Pepermint

"Zipper Lips" Raina and Barry

"Blazing a Path" Bessie and Candy, Ann and Whiskey

"Bland Futt" Holly and Mia, Tony and Misty

"Lucky Ladies" Kathy, Tracy, and Kathryn

"Faithful Diehards" Susan and Melissa

Everlee and Maverick Lee and Shadow

"Happy Trails" Joanie and Diesel, Robin and Scotty, Laurie and Jack

All tuckered out at the "top" (not top) of Coyote Grade

Diesel was pretty tired and sweaty

Robin and Scotty, Laurie and Jack

Beautiful view, though

Renegades passed us - their horses are in a little better shape

"Hot to Trot" between #5 and #4

Renegades at #4

Lots of wildflowers! Phlox

Neat boulder field - if you look closely, there are lots of yellow flowers all through them

Wild dandelion (?)

Arrowleaf Balsamroot

Here come the "Oreos"

"Oreos" Candy and Sissy, Mike and Jimmy

It's hard to tell, but there are lots of yellow and purple flowers

Here come "Zipper Lips"

Bitterroot

"Zipper Lips" Raina and Whiskey, Barry and Bit

Renegades and "Stagecoach Posse" passing

Then we saw them

Lots of cows!

Landmark for #3

"Lucky Ladies" ahead of us heading towards #2 and camp

By riding it backwards (5, 4, 3, 2) we had lots of water when we needed it most

Neat rocks!

Buckwheat

Here come "Zipper Lips" back looking for #2

Looking closely at the map

"Renegades" looking for #2

"Bland Futt"

"Bland Futt" and "Faithful Die Hards"

Waiting for teams to come in

Happy Birthday Brad!

Sandy and Champ

Brad and Sarah - Brad was so helpful, taking water out in case someone ran out

"Wanderers"

"Faithful Die Hards"

"Blazing a Path"

"Bland Futt"

"Renegades"

"Stagecoach Posse"

"Happy Trails"

"Zipper Lips" Raina and Barry make a pretty good team!

"Zipper Lips" 1st Place

"Stagecoach Posse" 2nd Place

"Hot to Trot" 3rd Place

"Renegades" 4th Place

"Oreos" 5th Place

"Lucky Ladies" 6th Place

"Happy Trails"

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