Trail Ride Middle Grove

Mark and I had a lovely day here exploring the Rochester area and visiting the Sekape orchard. The colors are brilliant this time of year. Below are a few pictures of the orchard which is right outside the city of Rochester.

We picked a bag of a few of the many varieties of apples to take back to the apartment and shared a huge one for our lunch. It really was delicious. We also brought back 3 ears of sweet corn and 1 big ripe tomato.  As I was getting ready to put the pictures from the orchard on the computer I found a folder from March that may or may not have ever been posted. It was fun looking through the pictures.

 sure brought back a lot of happy memories from the March 2017 IL Horse Fair held in Springfield, IL.

If you would like to see the rest of these pictures click HERE. For supper Mark picked up a pizza. We also ate the ears of corn which were just delicious.  Later Mark walked to the local IHOP.

It was actually closed but the door was propped open so Mark went in. There were 5 people inside having a light supper. They had a good visit then prayed with him.
This evening Karin called to report about the day. Titiana is still in and Kayla helped Karin get her covered by Valiant. She won't be teased again until Monday. Sangria and her filly are doing well. Karin took 7 people out to Middle Grove for a trail ride. She said the day was beautiful and the horses were magnificent. Those were actually her words. Everyone had a great time. Riders and horses were Anni riding Ayanna, Karin riding big Rosalie (Lily's daughter) Melinda riding Jenis, Jessica riding Anna, Shelby riding Zalena, Rebekah riding Missy and Ava (Rebekah's exchange student) riding Cookie. Melinda took a few pictures and posted them for me.

The horses at Middle Grove are all doing well. Karin just put 7 sets of tack in her car and drove to where the horses were then tacked them up and off they went.
Joan is now home from Gulf Shores and Diane and Mike made it down there today. They are joining Beth and Greg and mom who are already there. Spark and Rhonda are heading down tomorrow.