River ride

As I contemplate the 6 inches of fluffy white stiff on the ground and continuing to fall, I know that my plans to haul Mesa and Ice to the little local indoor arena today are derailed.  Once this system is over and the roads are cleaned up, we can get back to business.
We did work with Mesa yesterday, she is longing quite well now and has decided the plastic bag is just another nuisance we ask her to put up with, although she does keep a careful eye on it. She got her first feel of being reined around too, first at a standstill and then with me walking beside her and directing her left, right and back as she walked out. Took a bit for her to figure out to go forward with my arms draped over the saddle but with a little help from Shayla on the lead rope, she got it. She did well for her first session.
The day before was beautiful and sunny, albeit cold, so we went for a ride down on the dyke, with Shayla ponying her 3 yr. old, Ice.

You can see that we finally have Ice on the river.... no pun intended!

It was cold enough for me to break out my felt hat!
Gussie was being really good, it was a fun ride.  Crunchy snow, bright sunshine, a friend to ride with and a good horse to ride... life is good!

Riding day 10