Crooks Trail Ride

It's a good thing Borderlands is out in the country. I'm afraid I've turned into one of those scary people. I realized it as I was walking around in the pasture waiting for the herd to come in for their evening meal.

After coming home from the Crooks Trail Ride, I changed into cooler clothes. I still had on the gray shirt that was now covered in dirt. I haven't had a chance yet to break out the summer clothes so on goes a pair of Mike's boxers (sorry Mike). I got my steal toe shoes soaked and didn't feel the urge to put wet heavy shoes back on. So instead I slipped my tinglies on. I started getting a chill so I put in a scratchy brown plaid jacket. So I was a funny sight to see. To make matters even more hilarious, my tinglies flop around just a little bit (when I'm wearing shorts) and the tinglies make a funny noise when they hit my bare legs. Yep, I've turned into more than a redneck!

Stop laughing! I know you've all done the same thing!

Ok, on to more serious stuff. I was invited to go to the Crooks Trail Ride today and decided that I would take them up on the offer. I worked Rain a bit yesterday to try and get the kinks out of him. This morning I got up early so that I would have plenty of time. I caught Rain, which is a bit of a battle and let the other horses go. About the time I caught Rain the wind picked up. Instead of fighting the wind, I decided I would leave Rain tied in the barn to saddle him.

Apparently after only a week Sam has decided that he's going to be completely dependant on Rain for his happiness. So much for using Brego has his best buddy. Now instead Rain is Sam's best friend and constant shadow. Sam started flipping out, whinnying and trotting back and forth. It does both of them good to be separated. Unfortunately, Sam's whinnying made Rain flighty.

I had hoped I could ride Rain a bit before leaving for Crooks but opted to lunge him and do a bit of bridle work to get his mind focused on me instead of Sam. I didn't work him too long since I had to get going. Luckily he loaded like a champ and we headed to Crooks.

When I got there, I was planning on meeting the people who invited me. Unfortunately they were running late so I had to go through Crooks residential area with Rain to the fair grounds. I decided that I would play chicken and stay on the ground until I met up with the people.



For the most part Rain behaved beautifully. He got a number of compliments. I'm sure he impressed a number of people. Rain really is a beautiful horse, but of course I'm biased. :-) The ride started at 9:00am sharp and we rode until 11:00am when the parade started. We opted out of the parade and headed back to where the friend's board. We hung out for just a little bit and then me and one other lady headed back to the fair grounds. When we hit the fair grounds I got off and walked Rain back to the trailer. At one point he started getting spooky and I figured going through residential streets alone would only cause a wreck.


I think Rain was ready to go home when we got back to the trailer. He loaded up and we headed home. I hosed Rain down thinking he might like a nice mister bath. I bought a hose attachment and it just so happens to have a mist option. I like that option better than what we had before, which was no hose attachment at all. haha



Later in the day I did a bit of leather cleaning. I got just a little bit of my saddle cleaned, a breast collar cleaned, and a bridle. I also was ambicious and hosed down three winter blankets. It's supposed to be fairly warm tomorrow. I figured the sun would dry the blankets out in a hurry. I had intended to go to the car wash and power wash them down but I don't seem to be getting that far. Instead I figure I might as well just hose them down and if I get a chance to go to the car wash, they'll just get that much cleaner.


That was pretty much the end of the day. Just the standard evening chores.


Tomorrow I go and pick up Maverick. I'm a bit worried. I hope he fits into the herd and that I can catch him to ride him and that he's not like he was before I sent him to the trainers. He's a horse that needs to be worked all the time so I'm going to have to be better about riding him all the time. How sad is it that I have to force myself to go for a ride. I really do love riding. I guess I'm a bit intimidated by the ground. :-)


I also need to call the farrier to get Dude's and Bob's feet done. I seem to be falling behind on all my required horse chores. I seem to just go out and play with them and don't ever get anything serious done. I think starting June 1st I better get my lists in order to be more organized and start focusing on what needs to be done rather than putzing around like I have been all spring. But I'm beat so I think I'm going to call it a night.