Monday - August 4, 1986 page 4
Monday morning was slightly dewy, but the sun was shining and combined with a breeze,
soon dried everything out again. Four of the horses (April, Critter, Snickers, and
Penny) were given the hay that was left over from the night before, and the others
were hobbled and turned out to graze in a meadow across the road from camp. Kee-a-wali
decided she wasn’t going to move with the hobbles on until Britt came over to pick
a fight, and then she moved faster than ever. Jennie was in heat and Echo had to be
persuaded not to get ideas.
Debie picked some wild strawberries, with some help from Kiki and Kesi; everyone sampled
the blue huckleberries too. No one wanted to fix breakfast so they just ate some pop-tarts
before spending the next three hours trying to get all the equipment evenly weighted
into the pack bags. While they were packing, some people drove up to pick berries; one,
an old man, said that he was part indian.
Packing up the Surprise Lakes camp,
with Mt Adams in the background.
From left to right: Kiki, Pam, Dena, and Kesi.
The group rode out about 11:30; Kiki rode Jennie and led Critter packed with saddle bags,
Kesi rode Kee-a-wali, Pam rode the Black Mare (Penny), Dena rode April and led Snickers
packed with the saddle boxes and the tent, and Debie rode Britt and led Echo packed with
another set of saddle bags. After leaving the meadows of Surprise Lakes, the trail
wandered through varying forests. The horses were all a little jumpy, their riders were
all excited and the horses were fresh; it took a while for the horses to settle down and
work the trail. After a couple hours they decided to take a 1/2 mile detour to Steamboat
Lake, below Steamboat Mountain, for a lunch break.
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