Cait
Well-Known Member
Hey all! I just now got back online from being absent yesterday (it felt like a long time to me... :lol: ) A friend, Alden, and I had planned a birthday surprise for our dear friend Amanda. She knew we were riding horses, but she didn't know that we had a place set up for a picnic and a lovely spot to watch the stars. We hit every bump imaginable yesterday, from her popping in at my house to hang out (I needed to be baking and getting the other groceries around!), to forgetting the lighter, to having Alden's mom almost give it away... It was certainly a feat to pull it off. Eventually Amanda left to go pick her mom up from work, and I left to Alden's to help set up everything out in this field. Well, we forgot that we needed to leave a car there at the site, so we wouldn't have to ride back in the dark, so we had to make ANOTHER trip, and I had to drive over gravel roads for the first time, very scary. But we got it all set up, caught the horses in record time, and had them saddled by the time Amanda got there. Originally, I was supposed to be riding the new paint, which, I did, for a bit. She was acting up horribly and this made Alden nervous, so we switched rides, to where he was on Si, I was on Gypsy, and Amanda was on Dink. Supposedly, Amanda and I had the safest horses. :roll: So we rode out on the road, came across one car, the paint did beautifully with it, and a HUGE grain truck. Eventually we got to a dirt road, a bit before the picnic site. I, being OH SO WONDERFULLY SMART, decided, "Hey, let's run!" so we did. And I, also stupidly, let my horse go full out. We were getting to the point where the road ended, and where the site was, so I tried slowing/stopping, but Gypsy wouldn't, not as long as Dink was ahead of her. So I yelled for Amanda to stop her horse, and she was sliding sideways because Dink runs like that, and his saddle must have been loose, I don't know. Then Gypsy pitched forward (I thought we were going to die at this point) but she recovered and kept right on. Then I saw Amanda go off, and decided now was a good time to jump for it. Landed nicely on my ankle and rolled it/sprained it, right beside Amanda in a ditch. I checked if she was ok, she said she just landed on her back, she was fine, her tail bone was bruised, though, and she cracked a rib (didn't find that out til today). Then I realized my ankle was killing me... And that I couldn't walk on it. Then Alden comes up, STILL on his horse, the supposedly wild and unmanageable horse. :roll: Dink's saddle was all the way underneath him, so it's no wonder Amanda bailed for it, she could have been trampled. Annnnyway!! So the whole surprise was kind of ruined... :lol: But after I crawled to the blankets and laid out flat for a bit (didja know that trauma makes me woozy? :roll: ) we got on with it and made ourselves comfortable, got me an ice pack, started the fire, cooked us some hot dogs and s'mores, and laid out to watch the stars come up. It ended wonderfully, and it was a good deal we decided to park the truck out there.
Oh. Wait. It didn't end there.
Then, after the fiasco and having to be carried to the truck, we decided to go to Tedrow, a VERY haunted cemetery, since it was only a little bit away and we had a 4 wheel drive truck. I agreed because I couldn't possibly get out of the truck to walk the cemetery, but they were welcome to do so, I said. :twisted: Hehehee. So they did, and I had Alden snap pictures while he was in there. I scared myself and started honking the horn for them to get back there. And they did, and asked me if I had the radio on. Nope, the truck was off the whole time. Then they told me they heard voices, like someone having a conversation, and then they showed me the pictures.
First one:
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c396/ ... /norob.jpg
Relatively clear, right? Now look at this one.
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c396/ ... feworb.jpg
Hmm, here's one where all I did was change the contrast and circle the orbs. Although I do think one is part of a tombstone.
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c396/ ... es/see.jpg
And the third and final one...
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c396/ ... alooza.jpg
Freaky, yes? Especially since there are no houses for MILES, and nothing at all to refract light back onto my lens. And my camera takes pretty good pictures at night, BTW.
So we left.
Ok, here are the pictures from the ride, there aren't many, but.
Gypsy (front) and Dink
Gyp's baby
The dogs
Funniest thing ever
Alden on Hola Qui Si
Amanda on Dink
Dogs having a great time at the picnic site
My marshmallow roasting friends
Fire
Sky
My ankle!
Good times, good times.
Oh. Wait. It didn't end there.
Then, after the fiasco and having to be carried to the truck, we decided to go to Tedrow, a VERY haunted cemetery, since it was only a little bit away and we had a 4 wheel drive truck. I agreed because I couldn't possibly get out of the truck to walk the cemetery, but they were welcome to do so, I said. :twisted: Hehehee. So they did, and I had Alden snap pictures while he was in there. I scared myself and started honking the horn for them to get back there. And they did, and asked me if I had the radio on. Nope, the truck was off the whole time. Then they told me they heard voices, like someone having a conversation, and then they showed me the pictures.
First one:
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c396/ ... /norob.jpg
Relatively clear, right? Now look at this one.
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c396/ ... feworb.jpg
Hmm, here's one where all I did was change the contrast and circle the orbs. Although I do think one is part of a tombstone.
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c396/ ... es/see.jpg
And the third and final one...
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c396/ ... alooza.jpg
Freaky, yes? Especially since there are no houses for MILES, and nothing at all to refract light back onto my lens. And my camera takes pretty good pictures at night, BTW.
So we left.
Ok, here are the pictures from the ride, there aren't many, but.
Gypsy (front) and Dink
Gyp's baby
The dogs
Funniest thing ever
Alden on Hola Qui Si
Amanda on Dink
Dogs having a great time at the picnic site
My marshmallow roasting friends
Fire
Sky
My ankle!
Good times, good times.