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Beaver Creek - Twisp Washington




























It takes just a little bit more time to get a horse ready to take hiking.....Back around the end of April I brought home Abrigo from the Creswell Oregon area.....He has been a ball of fun....a lot of hard work...but lots of fun times also.....He is quiet the character.....A big lippy hairy beast.....Because we have intentions to try to pack with him this summer we needed to get him out and see how he reacted away from home and make sure his pack fit.....Saturday was packed with plans since family was in town to visit....So we planned for a early short hike....We have been to the Beaver Creek area many times....Mostly Horse camping at Lighting Creek Campground area....It is a great horse camping area...very well set up....lots of large turn around areas for trailers and easy access to the trails....That is if you have enough muscle to open the barb wire gate....That takes some serious arm strength...Apparently I didn't eat enough wheaties....I wimped out and let my brother do the job....We spent about 45 minutes tacking up and packing the pack...Checking out what we could fit in the bag and the best way to load it....Making sure things would sit on the horse alright before we hit the trail....Made a loop that was about 5 miles.....I was really amazed by how many flowers are blooming still....I was thinking it was going to be pretty much drying up...The rain has helped extend the flower season....The hills were nice and lush....Lots of different grasses....When I have time I love to explore and take pictures of all the different grasses.....The trail is set up for horses, bikes and hikers.....We kept our hike pretty simple....Just spent time letting the horse get comfortable and making sure the pack was riding good....On a nice clear day you can see a nice view of the Sawtooths...We had rain clouds still hanging over...But very pleasant weather....Back to the trailer close around 11....Had a wonderful time loading the horse back up....He apparently wasn't ready to head home.....Made a stop at Blue Star for a shot of Caffeine....And back home before 1....Tired and sleepy we headed to Lake Chelan to soak up some sun and visit with family....It looks like my week is going to be filled with time training a horse to love his trailer.....
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