Bareback at it’s best

Last night I went out to the barn with no intentions of riding. DH and the boys went with me and we had planned to just feed and groom and then head home to do a little bit of housework.

I started off by brushing LLL and DH was brushing Max. Ty was running up and down the alleyway with a pool noodle trying to scare the horses for me. DH took off and I heard my mom yell for Ty so I took him up to her. She had the 4-wheeler out and took the boys for a ride.

I returned to the barn to find my sister petting Abby. I asked her if she wanted to go for a ride and she replied saying we didn’t have enough time to saddle them up. “What do you mean saddle them up? We’ll ride bareback.” I told her. She got this “look” on her face (she still isn’t very confident around the horses) but agreed. She asked where Abby’s bridle was and I replied telling her it was in the trailer but she wouldn’t need it that we’d just ride in halters. I got that “look” again.

We headed out to the RP and I got her up on Abby. I pulled LLL over to the fence and jumped on her. We just rode around at a walk so she could find her balance. Abby had her ears back listening to Heather and Heather thought she was pinning her ears. I asked LLL to trot and said “that’s what pinned ears look like”. I think LLL is in need of another adjustment.

We rode around for about 30 minutes just laughing at each other and having a good old time. It’s been kind of nice having a riding partner out at the barn.