Friday the tack auction was a bit of a bust -- for me anyway! A few friends from the barn went. One scored a really awesome Schneider's sleezy and a brand new Air Ride Orthopedic pad. The only thing I was really tempted to bid on was a brand new full set of blue plaid shipping boots -- but I managed to resist. I already own several sets of serviceable shipping boots, although these were much more fun. It was still a good time -- we all hung out, talked, laughed at some of the local wildlife, the works.
Saturday was blessedly cool and lovely but I was a bum (one of the dachshunds is under the weather so I was coddling her). Sunday was the same -- and by cool I mean 80, haha. The incessant rain has led to ridiculous amounts of mowing, but Sunday I revolted and demanded that DH take me trail riding. We loaded up the trailer (picking up another friend of mine) and headed out for 6.5 miles on the trail. Even though I decided to ride in my western saddle (which pretty much negated the use of half halts.... oops) Ruby was still really good. We worked some leg yields back and forth across the trail, and also worked a little trot/canter. As always, seeing people, dogs, bikes, boats, bridges, and more, was great for everyone's brains. I also really love the rhythmic clip clop on the gravel that you don't really get in the arena!
Despite the angle of the photo, Ruby is not that much bigger than Trigger, and DH is about a foot taller than me.... haha. |
Checking for noms |
Literally always snacking |
Monday we drew some blood from Ruby for some tests -- her weird udder thing is still going on and a vet has suggested the possibility of a metabolic condition. I'll write more about that when I know more, but I decided to give her the evening off since it took my mom like 8 attempts to hit a vein. Ruby was a saint!
My new favorite view. |
The nice cool weather is supposed to hang around for a bit, so hopefully I will get lots of riding done this week and actually have things to post!
Those sound like perfect rides to me! well done!
ReplyDeleteI have no complaints! 😁 Thank you!!
DeleteThe weather this weekend was fantastic!! Looks like a great way to enjoy it!
ReplyDeleteIt was pretty epic! Glad I got to put in some hours at the barn before it heated back up! :)
DeleteShe is so pretty - sounds like a pretty good weekend!
ReplyDeleteThank you! I tend to think so, but I'm a little biased...haha.
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