Tuesday, July 5, 2011

She flies through the air. . .

well, not quite with the greatest of ease--at least if that means gracefully!

We came home from our camping trip (can we even call it camping?) and took a day off to do laundry and rest. On Saturday we went for a ride on our home turf: the Hoop-De-Do trail--everyone's favorite. It was a beautiful summer morning and I was late of course. I arrived at Lynn's to find all the horses saddled and ready to go. I was feeling a little off-kilter already.

We took off and as we started up the other side of the road, Jupes kept stopping and turning around. I thought maybe he had "to go" and was not comfortable. Lynn finally said to get off and we would move the saddle back off his shoulders more--a problem we had solved earlier this year. It seemed to fix it and we moved on to our granola snack place to hang out before turning around.

Coming back we rode at a good pace; there was jumping and trotting and little loping. Shirley was happy with Buster's pace, but "anyone can ride him" thus making him too boring for her. Anyway, coming up the meadow Jupiter was high as a kite. He wanted to move out. I am not sure if he is heading for the trailer as in "Woo hoo, we're done," or "Yay--we're having fun now!" Whatever the reason, Lynn called ahead and said let's go through the woods to our right and then come out on the meadow and off we went. I let Jupiter have his head a little (probably my mistake) and off we went on the trail.

When we came out onto the meadow, Ziggy was ahead of us doing his pretty, stretched-out, long-legged lope or trot. Jupes and I had done some loping/cantering kinds of riding this morning and we were in pretty good sync, so I let him pick up his pace. Ha! The next thing I knew, I was on the ground looking up at him. Shirley said he had bucked for the sheer joy of it. Well, I am happy someone was feeling some joy! Anyway, I guess I landed on my head; I think maybe on the side of it because my helmet came off and I feel a little torqued, but I am fine at any rate. I told Lee I was glad he had made us buy helmets! I am not sure really how it happened or what it all looked like, but Lynn said she saw me fly through the air above Jupiter. He must have stepped on his rein because it was broken. Maybe that is why he was just grazing right near me. Thank goodness he didn't run off.

As I write this, it is the first day of the work week following a holiday and a pleasant 10 day respite from work. I am mentally refreshed and ready for whatever work throws at me! Even from the ground looking up--any day ahorseback is a good day!

1 comment:

  1. Lee's said tighten the chin strap! That helmet should not have come off... So glad you were not hurt.

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