On the road again

Harvest time is here so my riding is coming to an end. Knowing this I decided to take Lu on a ride Sunday. The weather was perfect so I saddled up and we headed down the road. She was a bit full of herself so I kicked her into second gear. Halfway down the road I noticed my dog was following behind. He was far enough away from the house that I turned around and ran him back home. Lu was pretty excited thinking she was done until we turned back around.

I kicked her back into second gear and we finished the road at a trot. We crossed the highway and headed towards rollercoaster road. When I got to the cross roads I checked the time and then headed on down rollercoaster road. This road gets its name from the massive hills. There are three hills and they are long and steep and take the energy right out of any horse.

Half way down the first hill a deer jumped out and spooked Lu (I think the cool weather has increased her awareness) so we did some circles and I decided she had enough energy to move out. Heading down the hill she was in a hurry so I put her in reverse. She finally decided walking was a better idea (I have a thing about going fast down hills). At the bottom of the longest hill I kicked her into 3rd gear. I really had to push to get her to finish the hill! When we got to the top of the hill I reached for my phone to check the time. Oh crud! Where did it go? Yep – I lost it.

Knowing that I had it at the beginning of the road I turned Lu around and headed back to look for it. No luck! Well I wasn’t cutting my ride short so we turned around and did rollercoaster road again. Lu was not amused! When we finally finished our normally 7 mile ride (assuming closer to 9 with the back tracking) Lu was ready for a break! She was a very good girl though.

I grabbed DH’s cell phone and the 4 wheeler and headed down the road. Can you believe it? I found my phone. Right about where I noticed I’d lost it. Oy!

DH is gone to harvest now and it is getting dark by 7:00 – 7:30 so I have a feeling my riding will be very limited. I guess now is a good time to work on my groundwork huh?