It was all of 18 degrees out when I ventured out to ride. Yep, I rode. I decided it was entirely too cold for a bit, and too cold for a possibly sweaty horse, so I rode Champ in a halter. We just went on a very leisurely walk through the woods. Cersei was entranced by the ice in the trail puddles and kept walking around on them. (ICE THAT HOLDS UP A 65 LB DOG AAAA) I was more entranced by the thin but solid sheets of ice on all the lakes. (ICE ON THE LAKES AAAAAAAA) I got really cold at one point, so I posted the walk for a while and two-pointed for a bit. Then we stopped by one of the big back lakes for Champ to graze, so I kicked out of the stirrups and waggled my feet around til they came back to life. Yeah, we still have green (albeit frozen) grass in a couple places.
I got back to the truck and discovered that one of the horses had kicked out one of my taillights. Sigh. I suspect the expensive spotted one did it. :( In retribution I put her in crossties and rasped a tiny bit of her inside front feet where I think they're too long. She stood really nicely, which is unusual for her, so I kept it really short.
You're my sort of rider! You'd do well in a crappy English winter!
ReplyDeleteyou're my new hero ;-) that is hardcore... or just nuts! and your horses sounds very cool to want to be out there. glad you had a good day despite the weather.
ReplyDeleteGood on ya gal...ya knwo I would have been with ya too!
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Well you're right, you are hard core or maybe just slightly crazy. Glad you didn't get frostbite or something. That's just way too cold for me.
ReplyDeleteWHP, Kacey, I know yall would've been right there with me. We are people who just have to ride, no matter what!
ReplyDeleteJME - Champ is a super good natured horse. Remember Dressage in Jeans' post about "broke" horses? Champ is broke, without having had his spirit broken. He thought we should go home a few times, but I just hauled his head back around and nudged him and away we went again.
Grey Horse - There was no wind at all, which helped a lot. I hate the cold too, but I hate being cooped up at home unable to go anywhere worse.
Holy crap funder!
ReplyDeleteTake some pics of Cersei on the ice and the frozen lakes if you can!