Hi Sweetie!
After days of endless rain, at last the rain finally stopped! Though the forecast had said it would rain overnight, it never did, but the skies were still pretty gray this morning, but at least there was no rain! Got up early, did my usual chores and then some, and before I even had my breakfast, my riding buddies, Laurie and Dean, showed up, an hour early! Well, we managed to fill the time with me eating and us chatting, partly because I wanted to make sure Flash had a good breakfast. Nevertheless, I was saddled up and ready to go by 9:45, fifteen minutes ahead of our scheduled time. We had decided to just do a road ride today because it was still so wet in the woods, and we were all pretty sure the trails would be messy and probably trees had come down, so even though it may not have been as interesting, at least we didn’t have to contend with mud and cobwebs! Lola came along, too, since most of the road was just forest road, but there was one section I had to put my lead rope from my McCarty on her because she wouldn’t stay off the busy asphalt road. I put Flash’s boots on, but he lost one the first time we started to do a good speed, so I ended up taking them off. It seems his feet have gotten pretty hard so it didn’t seem to bother him, and the roads here don’t have too much gravel on them, so he seemed okay. In all, we went about 15 miles, some of it through the forest, some of it not. It was a nice ride, and we had a good time chatting. They’re taking a trip to Florida in February, they were asking me about places to stop along the way, something we’ll talk more about later. When we got back, another trailer had come in, with a buggy on it, then later another came in, so I’ve got company again. Because the horses have been standing in mud and their feet were soft, I took the time to trim the front hooves on both of them. I also filled the trailer water tank, and I once again had to put the trailer on the truck and readjust the leveling, because the other side had sunk in about six inches and when I opened the door this morning I almost couldn’t get it open because it was butting up against the steps. Thank goodness there’s a pile of gravel here! I finally got all that done, then had some dinner and settled down for the evening. Already had my shower, will be off to bed soon after my Sleepytime and Ginger tea and my French lesson. Got another early morning tomorrow, Kari is coming to get me so that we can finally do the Pine Torch loop on the west side of the Forest. Good night, my darling! Love you!
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