I'm too excited about my wonderful day to wait until tomorrow to share, so TWO posts in one day.
We started with a morning trail ride on Horse Heaven. Jessica is always a little bit of a wild card even at 17 so to be on the safe side J always starts off lounging her some. But no worries, she did great.
Horse heaven is part of the the Virginia Highlands trail. This loop is about 8 miles long.
There's my first golden horse. Otoelene was a dream to ride.
The Mountain Laura (or Yanny for those of you that can't hear right - and if you don't know what I am talking about check it out HERE) is just past it's peak.
But it is still stunning in spots.
And then I saw this...bear paw print. Looked pretty fresh too. But no, never saw the bear. Our ride lasted about 3 hours. Very pleasant weather and very few flies.
Then this evening I rode Draper again. This time I made sure J was ready with the camera. So I now have video proof too.
She was a lot more calm today and I didn't have to lounge her nearly as much. I also decided to carry my "hog slapper" (cheap version of a riding crop). With the slapper I ended up not needing J in the pen with me. She did kick out once, hit the panels and spooked herself a little, but we just pushed right through it with no problem. And as promised, a short clip of Draper trotting.
Horse heaven on the trial and in your barn. Draper looks great.
I hear yanny from the original sound bit. The link was interesting with it's changeable scale. If I move the scale a notch over to the laurel side then I hear laurel on every notch except the far right yanny notch. So I'm not sure the tool is working correctly.
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Horse heaven on the trial and in your barn. Draper looks great.
I hear yanny from the original sound bit. The link was interesting with it's changeable scale. If I move the scale a notch over to the laurel side then I hear laurel on every notch except the far right yanny notch. So I'm not sure the tool is working correctly.
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