I have been friends with hobbyists Cristine Holt and her daughter, Tara Holt Oliver, for years and years. From Iowa originally, both of them now live in Utah, and so when my daughter, Jessica, moved to Utah earlier this year, I took the opportunity to have a visit with them during our trip west to see Jessica and her family.
Cristine, Tara, Jessica, me, and Tara's son, Nate.
Tara fixed us all a delicious lunch and then invited us to go up the mountain a ways and visit her horses.
Casper and T-Bone are Tennessee Walkers. Cris bred TWHs for thirty years or so, and T-Bone was her last foal.
Tara already had brought the horses up for us to see.
I was glad she did - their pasture is twenty acres!
Can you see one of the kids way out there, having fun running through the grass? That pasture was huge!
While seeing the horses was very exciting for the kids, so was running around in all that open space. It reminded me a bit of the movie,
The Sound of Music, where Maria is up in the mountains and singing.
Titan burning off some extra energy.
Pony Pal Cambria taking a breather and looking around at the gorgeous scenery.
And trust me, it is beautiful! The property is surrounded by mountains on all sides.
Tara has her trailer parked next to a small paddock and the horses' loafing shed.
She also has a hay barn
where she also stores her tack, grooming tools, pitchforks, and other horsey necessities. (Her kids picked her those wildflowers during their jaunt out in the pasture.)
Me with Casper.
We had so much fun during our visit, and we also got to groom Casper and T-Bone. Photos from that in the next blog post.
