Ride 8. Some times things just gel. Yesterday was one of those days.
Kathy texted me, “Have time for a visit if I swing by?”
Me, “Yup, wanna ride?”
Kathy, “have some place for me to put my groceries?”
Me, “No problem!”
Kathy, “Be there in 20!”
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Suzie, “Just have some errands to run and I can be there in 20. Ride?”
Me, “Yes!”
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Shawna, “I think I need to take a break from adulting and ride, headed your way!”
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And just like that we converged at the tack room, saddled up our mounts and headed out on the trails. The sun shone, and we rode until the Super Moon rose behind us.
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- Shawna and Maya make a great silhouette in the sunset.
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- Any image photo-bombed by horse ears is a great image.
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- Gorgeous hawk let us get really close.
Nigel’s loving the trails and I’m loving the way he enjoys them.
Goals
My less-lofty goals this week were to ride each of my 3 main riding horses 3 times this week.
Out of habit, I always ride my challenge horse first, so Nigel is probably guaranteed to get ridden a minimum of 3 times.
Axel and Wrigley have each had 2 rides this week so far.
We have a lot of work to get done this time of year as far as horsemanship. I want to learn tempi changes on Nigel, I want to get Wrigley and Axel both ready for the hackamore (a progress step in their education – like graduating from elementary school to middle school), start jumping with Axel, and roping with Wrigley.
No excuses.
Party on.
~Teresa
P.S. — to follow our progress on the Northwood Farms Horsemanship Challenge you can click THIS LINK.
