Yet Again...

Another trail ride Thursday morning. I guess I should start with Wednesday though.
Braces on in the morning, then straight to the barn to stay over night. I'm a little devoted. We went for a trail ride, but since Suzie's mom was coming along, I took Buzz and she took Justin. Buzz was very well behaved, although Suzie's little black horse was veryyyy naughty. Justin was perfect, as always, and Suzie's mom thinks he's a blast to ride, mostly because her horse, Finny, is a total spook. We got back and did some more work around the barn, and later that night we got ready for another ride. Me on Annie, Kenz on Silver, Suzie on Cherokee, and Molly on Pops. Annie is fantastic, if she can jump she'll make a nice little hunter. Silver has potential to be an equitation horse, although his front legs are too crooked to jump with. Cherokee was a little naughty at first, but was going very nicely by the end of the night. The horses seemed to enjoy having the bright flood lights on them during the late night ride in the outdoor.
I had a lot of fun on Annie just goofing around. Her left lead canter still needs work, but she's coming along nicely. She leg yields extremely well, hardly even made it half way across the ring before we were back at the rail. I was fooling around a bit while we were standing, and asked her to neck rein. I added a little leg, and BAM! Instant turn on the forehand. I don't ride western at all, so I thought that was pretty darn cool. Justin needs to take some dressage lessons from Annie.
Thursday morning we cleaned the barn, and then me, Cecily, Molly, Meaghan, and Gretchen went out for a trail ride to Muddy Pond. It took about thirty minutes to get out there, with a lot of trotting on dirt roads. The lake is beautiful, we're hoping to make a spot to swim in, and considering camping out in the shelter for hikers. We decided to take the long way back, and it was definitely the long way. It took us well over an hour to get back. We left the farm at 11:30, and didn't return til after 1. I do enjoy these trail rides, although we need to get back into more ring work. Justin's back did need the break, though.
For the rest of the afternoon, me, Kenzie, and Cecily sat around the barn and discussed the olympics, riding, and life in general. Cecily leaves for college on Thursday, and we will all miss her so much. We're headed to the barn together tomorrow, and hopefully we can do a little jumping. Cec said no more dressage before she leaves!
Next Saturday we have a horse show. This will be Justin's first real show. Unfortunately, I will be a little out of my element, as it is a hunter/jumper show. We would do jumpers only, but they start at 2'9", and we aren't ready for that yet. Eq. lessons for the next week! Yuck!