| PCC Family Ride @ Wenas May 15-18, 2008 |
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| Eastern Washington is a mix of barren, rolling hills and irrigated fruit and hay pastures. |
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| Take a left on N. Wenas Road; take a left on Longmire. |
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| Go past Lake Wenas and go left on Mallory Road. Where there are forks in the road, always go left. |
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| Be sure to close the last gate behind you. |
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| Find your friends, (Howdy, Tom & Mary Poste and Sandy Wade) park your rig and water your horses (Tonka demonstrates). |
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| Find someone to put up your highline (thanks, Jack!) and put out your horses with their hay bags. |
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| We took Suzie and Tonka on this trip; camp was easy to set up with the help of friends. |
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| Later in the evening, I set out with Jack Gillete (with his GPS) and Laurie Huston. |
 
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| Above is Laurie on the big, jumping horse Duke and Jack on his wonderful mule, Rosie; |
 Mary Ann on ever faithful, Nick and Mike on his flashy Paint River. |
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| We wound our way around a ridge back to camp as the sun was low. |
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| Mike Lentz points the way to a well known attraction, the old trapper cabin. |
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| The next morning, we were a little lazy but grateful when Tom & Mary made breakfast. Friday was going to be hot (100 degrees by the next day) so we didn't tarry too long before setting out. |
  The first photo
is Dave on his mule, Susie and Tom on Jazz; next is Kathy on
Tonka; |
| Above,
is Mary on Trigger.
Tom Poste led off on our 6 hour ride followed by Mary Poste, Kathy Jones and Dave Jones. The heat required frequent water breaks, for both people & animals. |
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| Tonka, being an Eastern Washington horse, quickly found the snow a good source of cool water. |
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| Dave and Susie always like to do a bit of trail blazing and on this ride, Dave found an elk shed. |
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| The forests are filled with yellow, bull and sugar pine. |
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| Above, deer moss, grows on most of the tress to serve as forage for the deer and elk during the winder. |
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| The scenery was spectacular! |
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| The deep purple flower is Larkspur. |
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| We found Indican Paintbrush and wild daiseys. |
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| Oxysallis is on the left. |
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| lLupine is on the right. |
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| We climbed for 3 hours and ended up on a ridge overlooking Hwy 410 and the city of Naches. Yes, that's Mt. Rainier in the distance. What a site! |
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| We stopped for lunch on a south-ward facing ridge which over-looked the city of Naches and Hwy 410. |
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| Tom decided to take the 'alternate scenic route' back that took us another 3 hours! |
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| Thankful to be back, some rolled in the dirt and some bathes in the creek. |
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| Time to visit other friends; above is Andy Bales with Bob Diamond, Jr. To the right, are Crisco and behind him, is Cierra. |
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| Saturday saw another ride and when we returned, those left behind were glad of our return; above, Mary hugs her 'monster puppy', Sam I Am while Mary Ann's mini Aussie, Sadie, gets a bone as reward. |
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| Saturday was 'potluck night' and chance is visit with friends. On the left, Tom fixes a fruit cobble in his dutch oven and on the right, Bob Diamond, Sr. and his ervice dog, Abby, take a rest. |
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| Some people had really good friends. Denny Dargan gives Jack a welcome massage. |
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