Trail Ridin' With Blog Friends

I had a very busy and hectic weekend. I wasn't home, oh, except to sleep. So I am way behind on posting and visiting everyone. I will be playing catch up this week! Who would have thought that my first week of unemployment would be so crazy? Not in my wildest dreams! Hopefully I can catch a breather this week, and get back to riding my horses. I have a few stories to tell, but I will have to split them up into different posts, or they will get too long, and I really don't want to bore anyone, or put them to sleep at their computer.

Guess who I went trail riding with on Friday evening? Tracey and her daughter Darling, over at Mustang Diaries. My sister was supposed to go too, but her boys sarcoid is really reacting to the Xxterra, which is a good thing for the sarcoid, but not a good thing for my sis. The sarcoid is right where the bridle sits, and her boy has been very irritated this week, from the treatment.
My OH wanted to go. He didn't get to go trail riding much last summer, due to a lot of overtime at work, but now he isn't getting any overtime, and he wants to ride!



When we got to the trail head, there was only one other horse trailer there! I couldn't believe it. This has never happened, especially on such a lovely evening. Once everyone was tacked up, we hit the trail. Tracey and Darling have Mustangs, Steve Holt! and Sandy. I was very excited to see them. I have always wanted to adopt a Mustang, and know that I will one of these days. This was Steve Holt!'s first big trail ride. And I have to tell you, he did awesome!!! If you saw him on the trail, you would think that he has been trail riding for years. He was in the lead most of the way, he crossed a stream, he went over 2 bridges, and he had a young deer walk in front of him on a trail. Nothing phased him, just a little hesitation going through the stream, but within a couple minutes, he went right through the water. Sandy was just as good. He was having a great time, Darling would stop, wait for her mom to get further up the trail, than she'd lope him to catch up. It was so cute!



My horses were actually having a hard time keeping up with the Mustangs. I don't know if they would make it out in the wild! But they did have a lot of energy, and even though they both spooked a couple times, which isn't unusual for Brandy, they were great.



Tracey had her GPS with her, I so need to get one, and we rode a little over 5 miles. Wow! I never would have realized the loop we usually ride, is 5 miles. So now I know when we hit all the other trails along with our loop, it is more like 7-8 mile trail rides.



I do have to say, if you have never considered adopting a Mustang before, please reconsider. Seeing Steve Holt! and Sandy on the trails, makes me want to adopt one even more now than I did before. If you want anymore information on Mustang adoption, please go see Tracey at her blog.

We had a great time. Thank you Tracey and Darling for going on a trail ride with us! Hopefully Pony Girls boy will heal up soon, so we can get her back out on the trail!