Lovely Uneventful Rides
Yes, that is all we have.
It doesn’t give me much to write about.
We have started riding up to the show ring trails on the weekend. Ellen was nervous about it, but the very
first ride was terrific. All the rides
after that were just as terrific. She is
now learning to let go. If Dante wants
to travel a little faster because Cole is, she is letting him have a loose
rein. Dante is taking his new freedom in
a responsible manner.
Ellen started riding on the trail during the week with Kevin on a regular basis, too. Those rides are going super. One day, there was a park worker with a weed
whacker that was close to the trail. He
didn’t see the horses right away. Starry
was unconcerned, and Dante was a little nervous. Kevin’s biggest concern was whacking weeds
whacking the horses. He was able to
attract the worker’s attention, and he shut it off. That was about the most exciting thing that
happened to them on their morning rides.
One morning, there was a garbage truck parked at the end of
the trail once, and they were attempting to take a side trail to get by it,
then the truck moved. See what I mean
about unexciting?
We haven’t even been caught in the rain!
One evening, a Peyton, a huge Thoroughbred joined Kevin and
me with his leaser riding him. It was a
first time for her. I warned her that we
like to do a lot of trotting and some cantering. She wasn’t sure how far she would ride with
us. Well, I guess she had fun because
she stayed the whole time. We walked all
the way home because we know that Peyton has been giving his owner trouble on
the way home. Overall, Peyton was great. Another uneventful ride.
We will be keeping our rides in the safer part of the park
over the holiday weekend—as we always do.
The rides will be early, too. Things
can get a little crazy when people have fireworks. After that weekend, I am hoping that Ellen
will feel confident enough to start going on the “long” rides. We never got that way last year. It involves 2 more river crossings and a bad
intersection, but once you get through that, we have lots of great trail. It is where we took Ranger and Cruiser nearly
every possible weekend day for years.
Maybe I will get some good, uneventful rides to write about, there, too.
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