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| Me, Cyd's truck, and my pony trailer in the forest! |
It was really windy when Cyd came to get me this morning. I was very curious as to who was in the pony trailer outside my house and kept doing looking. Cyd got some of my hay and gave it to the pony in the trailer. I'm not sure that's okay. I did some running and bucking and snorting and was a little bit crazy. Cyd got me to stop long enough to put on my halter and tie me up to start getting me ready to pony ride. Of course when she wasn't looking I broke free and snapped my tie string. I kinda stood still to get my saddle and breastplate. Then it was time to get in the pony trailer. The door was open and I looked inside to find... no other ponies? Where was my friend for the day? I was not sure about this, and did a lot of looking and sniffing, and jumping when the wind made noises. I thought about it for a good couple of minutes, and finally decided that maybe it was okay to get in. Cyd closed me in (and double triple checked my door). I patiently waited until she was done loading my things, then it was time to go. We drove very carefully all the way to the egg taking station. I did a little jump when we got there while Cyd was parking, maybe cos for a wet branch tickling my butt from the tree we drove close by and made me jump? Once it was time to get out I wasn't too sure again. I was allowed to turn around instead of having to go backwards, as a test to make sure there is room. Hueypony isn't good at backwards, so we used me as a tester that there was turning room so he doesn't get in my trailer and get himself stuck there forever. I turned easy peasy! I looked out the door and did snorting. Cyd laughed cos for me having been here loads of times, but never by myself. Aunt-E and Waylonpony and Gunnerdog weren't here yet, and I didn't think leaving the safeties of my pony trailer was wise.
Luckily I was much calmer now than when I was getting my saddle, and it wasn't so windy, so I patiently waited tied up and got the rest of my things so we were ready. Soon our company was here and it was time to go. We had an excellent ride, with both of us ponies behaving really quite well. Waylonpony and me are a good match for pony riding. We did trotting and cantering up the really big hill, only taking a couple of breaks. I got quite upset on the ridge trail at one point, looking sad, ears back, throwing my head totally everywhere, but neither Cyd or Aunt-E could find what was wrong with me. I was definitely distressed about something, not just being a bratty baby. I also got stuck at one point cos for a tree being in the way. Waylon got around it just fine, but I couldn't possibly figure it out and didn't trust Cyd to pick a good route. Waylon had to leave me behind, and it still took me a while to figure it out. Once I was over though, I didn't panic and rush to catch up but walked along on a loose rein just being alert. Good job, me!
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| Taking a break after the big uphill |
Our pony ride was really quite uneventful, which is a bit unusual for us, but very pleasant for our peoples. We meandered back to the pony trailer, and I got my saddle off and it got put in the pony trailer, in one of my TWO tack rooms (I have a spare tack room in the back which is why pony number two in my trailer has to come out backwards - great for stashing all my gear when I go enduring! The back one folds down if we want less storage and more pony room.) I got my snazzy cooler on, then we practiced doing my vet check style trotting out on a rope. I did it excellently! I was much faster at getting in my pony trailer to go home. Cyd tried to see if she could send me in self-loading styly and I thought about it but wasn't quite ready, so she hopped in with me and I followed her just fine. It started raining as we drove home, perfect timing. We had such an excellent adventure today!
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| I'm in my very own trailer! |
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