Hi Babe,
Another cool, lovely morning today, and I did have to close the windows in the bedroom last night, it did get quite chilly in the wee hours! Had a relaxing morning, then finally got around to saddling up Flash for our last ride here today. I’ve slowly been getting all of their feet trimmed, and today was the last two, the rear ones on Flash. I’ve had that horse for what, three years now? And this is probably the first serious trim I’ve done on him, his back feet just don’t seem to grow hardly at all! But they had finally got some length to them, so I trimmed them today before heading out. Of course, I had the best of intentions to try to find some of the trails I missed last time we were out, and maybe I found a few, maybe not. It’s hard to tell sometimes because the maps is just so darn bad, at least as far as being GPS accurate. The trails aren’t that well marked either, so it was a challenge, but we managed nonetheless. Flash was in a gogo mood again after he warmed up, and we got some fabulous cordos and largos in, and a couple of long stretches of canter as well. There are quite a few areas here that have been logged so they are wide open, and they did a lot more trail tilling on this side this week. I don’t remember having that problem on Tuesday, but there sure were a lot of trails torn up today! I guess they’re refurbishing their fire breaks of something. Saw a black cat on the trail, that’s the second cat I’ve seen out here. Seems strange, as they were a long way from any houses, so maybe they’re just feral. Anyway, it was a lovely ride, with a great finish along the river, and a quick stop at the obstacle course, where I was finally able to get Flash up this one obstacle he’s been reluctant about, but managed to do today, yay! Then we had a nice long canter on the final field for home, and ended on a very positive note. Rinsed Flash off and put him back in the stall, which my neighbors Jerry and Bonnie had kindly fixed yesterday. The pipe panel on one side was a rusted piece of junk, an accident waiting to happen, and he put a new panel that he found laying around in yesterday, so it was much better now! Very grateful for that! Chatted with them for a bit (I actually ran into them three times on the trail as well!) before grilling a steak and settling down for the evening. Now I’m off to shower and bed, with another beautiful cool night coming up. Good night, darlin’! Love you!
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