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.
Horse heaven on the trial and in your barn. Draper looks great.
ReplyDeleteI 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.