Prior Preparation Prevents Piss Poor Performance

That's the idea right?

Saturday we headed to Nebraska to go to the Nebraska Trail Expo.  I was hopeful there would be some good vendors with items geared more towards trail riding.  I was pretty disappointed when we got there and there were only a handful of vendors - most of them with little to no tack.

We watched a few of the clinicians on Saturday and weren't overly impressed so we headed to the hotel.  Janet and I went back later to watch the trail challenge to see what it was like.  This was a timed event.  Riders had 5 minutes to complete the course.  I'm not sure what carried more weight - doing the obstacles correct or doing it fast.

Part of the Trail Rider Challenge Course

MIL and I watched quite a few of the rides before getting cold, tired and bored.  We headed back to the hotel to get some rest.  Sunday morning we went out for breakfast and decided we'd rather be at home riding so we loaded up and headed home.

The weather was perfect!  A bit windy but otherwise gorgeous!  We set up some obstacles in the arena and practiced as many as we could to prepare for our competition next weekend.

I took the narrow bridge and put it up on tires to see what Cat would think about an unsteady narrow bridge up high.  She did great getting up there but wasn't sure about coming down.  She went off of the side a few times but eventually went straight down.

Cat on the narrow bridge

After working on obstacles MIL and I headed down the road and down into the fields for a nice, leisurely ride.  It really doesn't feel like March.  Well.it does today lol but it didn't yesterday.  I only have two nights left to prepare for MO but for once I'm not nervous.  Cat is doing really well and I expect she'll be just fine this weekend.