Trail Log: 2-6-2026

• Trail: Robson's Mining World
• Miles: 6.18
• Riders: Self - Jim H
• Horses: Drifter - Rowdy
• Dogs: No

Mining World

Notes: Played tour guide again and took Jim to Robson's Mining World. We tied up outside the town entrance and took a tour of the facility. Machelle was busy with a large group so she attached us to "Gary." I'm not 100% positive his name is Gary but he looks like a Gary. He was a great tour guide and I am happy that Machelle has a helper and is not up there alone. After the tour, we rode through town up the canyon to the end before looping back. 

The sheep! I forgot to mention that on the way in, we saw a band of mountain sheep just before coming into town. I've hear they are in the area but have not seen them until now. Gary was surprised they were that close  as he had never seen them that far off the mountains. It was pretty cool. The horses were convinced it wasn't nearly as cool as we thought but they managed OK. 

Horse eating sheep

Trail Log: 2-5-2026

• Trail: S. Eagle Eye - Tank
• Miles: 6.5
• Riders: Self - Celia
• Horses: Jack - Smoothie
• Dogs: Groot - Boo

Notes: Celia took her filly Smoothie for an outing. She is turning into a really nice ride. We rode toward Browns Canyon to the watering hole and looped back a ways past the wilderness boundary. 

Trail Log: 1-30-2026

Rudy looks more like a shrunken apple-head named RUBY

• Trail: N. Eagle Eye to Rudy Pass
• Miles: 10
• Riders: Self - Celia
• Horses: Dirt - Jack
• Dogs: Groot

Notes: Rode up N. Eagle Eye toward the Sleeping Giant through Rudy's Pass to the top. We checked on the geo-cache we left a couple months ago. It's still there!

Snags and Nags GC

Trail Log: 1-29-2026

• Trail: Wickenburg Stagecoach Massacre Site
• Miles: 7.83
• Riders: Self - Jim H. 
• Horses: Drifter - Rowdy
• Dogs: None

Notes: Jim spends most of his time giving lessons and clinics and hasn't explored much beyond where he spends winters outside of Congress. I took him to the Wickenburg Stagecoach massacre site. I have been there several times but I've never gotten to it the same way twice. I left my GPS at home to see if I could find it without it. I figured if I got us lost I could tell him anything and he wouldn't know: "See that pile of  rocks right there..that's where they buried one of the bodies. Cool, huh?" 

Jim and Rowdy

Trail Log: 1-24-2026

• Trail: Back gate to Sheep/Donkey Ruins
• Miles: 12
• Riders: Self - Jim H. 
• Horses: Jack - Oakie - Whiskey 
• Dogs: Groot - Boo

Notes: I have been taking mounted shooting/horsemanship lessons from clinician Jim Hanson while he is in Arizona. I took a clinic from him years ago when he was at the Diamond P shoot in West Yellowstone. I learned more in that one short session than any clinic I've done before or after. I normally hold practice at my arena on Wednesday's but everyone had other obligations so I offered to take Jim on a tour of the sheep/donkey containment ruins. 

Hanson's Horse Sense website

Trail Log: 1-16-2026

Celia on Smoothie towing Dirt

• Trail: Hwy 60 - NW Wickenburg
• Miles: 4.86
• Riders: Self - Celia
• Horses: Jack - Dirt - Smoothie
• Dogs: No

Notes: Celia's little filly Smoothie is back from the trainer and ready for miles under saddle. She rode Dirt in and Smoothie out. So far she is a nice little filly and should be a good one. Nothing seems to bother her. She looks to be taking to mounted shooting well too as we worked with her last week exposing her to gunfire. She didn't bobble an ear. It is warmer than normal here in AZ and the weather has been awesome. 

Finally got a flag up

Trail Log: 1-12-2026

Ruins...whether sheep or burro

• Trail: Eagle Eye - Sheep/Burro Ruins
• Miles: 4.18    
• Riders: Self - Robyn
• Horses: Jack - Big Driffter
• Dogs: Groot

Notes: Roby needed a break and she has not been to the ruins. We hauled to Eagle Eye and rode in to the ruins. I've been told in the past they were built for sheep but recently was told it is a burro containment for the mines. That actually makes more sense as there are mines all around the ruins and burros were used in the mines. Not much can be found on them but I'll dig deeper when I have time in an attempt to find out more info on them. Whatever they are...it's one of my favorite spots in this area.

Robyn  and Big Drifter