Moonlight in the Meadow

Saturday was a full moon. Lynn said she always wanted to ride during a full moon. (kinda like she always wanted to ride to the store?) Toni and I met her at 6pm and loaded up the boys. It was a pleasant evening and we rode the hoop-de-do trail. Buckwheat is definitely green and he gave Toni some problems. He made it very clear that he really wanted to be home, eating his dinner. He does not care what Ziggy and Jupiter do! They are not part of his herd and he's not going to follow them.

Toni remembered how to be a cowgirl from her younger days. She stayed on when he bucked; she made him continue up the trail when he balked; she made him behave when Jupiter got spooked and scared him. She did great!

We came out of the woods and into the meadow just as the moon came up over the ridge. It was huge. It had the color that an autumn moon has--kind of an orangey-yellow. It was as if it we could reach out and touch it. We rode back up to the truck, keeping the moon in sight. It really was special. When we were brushing the boys and putting away tack, it was like there was a street light on--it was that bright. I am really glad we fulfilled another one of Lynn's "I always wanted to. . ." things. (This one was much better than let's ride to the store.)

Thanks, Lynn for another fun adventure.