Riding the flats

Ah spring! How I love these first glorious days of warm weather. You can practically hear the grass grow and the buds opening, and the birdsong lifts my spirits.
Especially when it's on my first real trail ride of the year (where I haul somewhere to ride, as opposed to out the back gate).
Called on a couple of friends for some socially distanced exercise for us and the horses. Nothing spectacular, except the view,

as always, best viewed when framed between those fuzzy Gussie ears! It was just a backroad ride, down on the flats, a good outing for some out of shape horses.

and one very busy and happy dog, Millie.

We rode for two hours, which was enough for the oldest horse in the group, the bay mare Kit who is 20 this year. This was her first outing.

We rode past a pen of weaned calves that got the dog and Allie, the palomino mare, quite excited when the calves spooked at the horses and milled around.
All in all a lovely ride with good company!

If you haven't put your guess in yet for the foaling contest- what are you waiting for! The info is in this post: The Guessing Game to help you make an educated guess.
Riding day 17