After a long, six-day work week (isn't it summer?what am I doing?!), I got to spend Sunday morning with my best friends. A phone call from Lynn on Saturday ensured my attendance on Sunday's ride: Jupiter threw a tantrum on Saturday when Ziggy and Star left the pasture without him. She said he ran and whinnied and kicked and bucked--he wanted to go! When they returned, he ran from the far corner to the gate to meet them. He likes to go and doesn't want to be left at home.
We did the long ride that was cut short when Alisa was here last--no crazy stud horse loose on the trail this time. We started out somewhere around 6:30am and finished up by 10:30, right when it was starting to heat up. We had a great ride! Unfortunately, I think we are going to have to find an alternate route; there were too many "camps" for comfort. One of them had a friendly pit bull, but one of them had a dog chained up who sounded a little vicious. We don't want trouble for Happy for sure, and I don't want to have to kill someone's dog either. We want to do this ride with Susie, so we need to work on cutting a trail.
After passing the last camp, we rode through a dense, bushy area (right before the cut block where we have a short rest and treats) of wild lilacs. In some parts, I just lay over Jupe's neck rather than fight the brush. When we emerged from the bushes, not only did we smell good, both Lynn and I had lilac blooms inside our ears!
On the way up, we saw turtles in the little pond. Although it has water in it now, the pond will probably dry up if the weather stays like it has been. So Shirley wants us to drive up there, hike in, and retrieve them so they can live in her pond.
Some of the fun things we did included jumping over logs. It has been awhile since we rode through there and some trees have come down. Jupiter loves to jump. I think it's fun, too. Ziggy is so tall and long-legged, most of the time he doesn't have to jump--he takes it all in his long stride. He sure looks pretty when he canters, too. Jupe and I trotted and ran a little faster this time, but I am still nervous about being out of control. Nevertheless, I think he had fun yesterday, too.
How many days 'til Saturday?
Too many days! The ride was fun, but we do have to go around the horn some way. We don't want to get shot. It is a nice ride. Need to trim the lilacs back...
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