Friday - I was on my way to Cadence this morning, when I received a call from Dale. Because of all the rain last night, Cadence is cancelled today. I drove back and started driving the back roads of Mancos. As we drove on a dirt road, I saw two large birds. They looked like blue herons, acted like blue herons, but they were a golden brown color. They might be American bitterns, but I'm not sure.
Saturday - I went to a free Parelli demonstration today. Pat Parelli is one of the premier horse trainers/people trainers today. He teaches people how to work with their horses. The demonstration was at a ranch here in Mancos, nestled into the green mountains. It was an absolutely beautiful area. The woman who gave the demonstration, Jenna, had just graduated after working twelve hours a day, six days a week, for two years to complete the program. She worked with her horse in the round pen, showing us different techniques, and then showed him lying down. It was interesting . . . she picked up one of his front legs, encouraging him to lie down. Apparently, it is a difficult thing to teach a horse . . . I've never seen another horse do it "on command" like this. I may try to find out if I can be a working student . . . and her father told me they are going to have a rent-a-horse program . . . but, I'm wondering if that is in conjunction with Jenna's instruction. I will email her soon.
She also said something that I really liked. She said, "It's only a mistake if you know it's wrong and you keep doing it." I thought that applied in life as well as to horses!
This evening, I went to square dancing . . . in Cortez! Now that I live in Mancos, Cortez is closer to me than Durango. But, a lot of the same people go to Cortez and Durango, so I knew almost everyone there. And square dance people are so nice and friendly and supportive . . . they made me feel at home! The caller was a woman who I didn't know, and her husband became my partner for the night, so I could dance every night. And, I got home early!
Started moving into my new house today.
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could it have been an immature whooping crane?
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