I enjoy ponying Moondance. He is such a cool little dude! He bravely goes through any brush, branches, rough ground etc. that comes along.
I took him down to the south end of my river ride, which was a lot of riding through brush and finding new trails where there were trees blown down over my usual route. He handles everything so well!
This is as far as we can go as there is a fence across the dyke just beyond this spot. Remember this spot, by the way....
Moondance also is getting his ration tied up in the barn, as I now have Gussie separated from the herd in the pen he used to be in. So I put him in the barn and hang out with him while he eats. Of course, that becomes opportunity to do stuff like laying a saddle blanket on him...
with a little help from Thumper! Moondance didn't care one little bit. I am super happy with this colt.
Sometimes you just get a connection with a horse, last time for me it was with Stella, and I get the same feels with Moondance. He feels like my horse. I had the feeling he was special even before he was born and so far I am not disappointed.
After riding, I was emptying my vest pockets and discovered that I had left a bank card and a store points card in my pocket- only the points card was missing! I remember when I put them in my pocket when I was gassing up the truck and thinking I had to remember to put them back in my wallet, and of course I forgot. So I planned to get on Gussie first thing in the morning and retrace my route- the card must have fallen out one of the 3 times I pulled my phone out of that pocket to take a photo. We retraced our route, which actually made for a nice ride as I did it a little faster than I did while ponying Moondance. Sure enough, it was at the farthest point of our ride- remember I said, remember this spot?
Yup there it was! I was glad to find it as I can get 40 bucks worth of groceries with the points I have built up.
On the way back a light rain started, and I really enjoyed the smell of the damp woods and the muffled hoofbeats.
The rain really started coming down just after I got Gussie unsaddled, so the timing was perfect.
Riding day 47 and 48
3 comments:
Good for you finding your card! We got your snow:(
Glad you have that feeling with Moondance. He is deserving of it, such a special horse! A keeper for sure. Nothing short of amazing you found your point card out on the trail.
I have done that exact thing too many times to count! Leaving my points card and my debit card in my pocket! Taking them out upstairs in my bedroom, getting to the store with NO cards... so exasperating! Now I leave them in my truck all the time and lock the doors even in my driveway. Done the same with my phone and pulling the cards out with it. Glad to know I'm not the only one! Love that the little dude is coming along so nicely!
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