Icky weather but lovely ride

 Today was my whole free day to ride.... and the weather was stupid. It didn't rain... but it misted all darn day. Luckily it didn't start til I had already gotten to Ashland so I was at least able to get one ride in. But... grrr.... I suppose it wasn't bad enough that I should have just ridden... And I probably could have. But I wasn't super motivated. And I don't feel great because I have a colonoscopy tomorrow, which means... I couldn't eat much yesterday.. and today, only popsicles (yellow) and clear/yellow liquids. So.. I've had no coffee.... and 6 banana popsicles. 

 

BUT... I at least got to ride Dan. I met Sharon at 10 am at Ashland and we took the boys out. I did a lap around the arena of pillar work with Dan while she finished tacking up. Except, there was a lot of traffic at Ashland today because they were cross country schooling, so... Dan was super animated and on edge. But we managed to get some good pillar work in. Since he was so looky, we headed to Green Lake, away from the cross country field. Dan was motoring!! Which, was kind of nice because he can't feel too bad then! Right? So we walked along and had a good time. We passed about 4 people doing yoga at the green lake pavilion. Dan was a little intrigued. :) They said hi. Hee hee... We carried on. 

 

We did the hills by Hookie trail and then went to the field behind halfshire. Then we crossed the creek and hit the woods. And then it started misting but we were in the woods so it wasn't too bad. We ended up back behind cross country... Dan picked the way. Luckily he didn't pick the hill straight up, but the more meandering one. So, lots of hills but not the steeper ones. He didn't feel noticably off, although maybe slightly on the hills. But not like the other day. So yay! We even trotted a tiny bit in the cross country field on the edges and he felt pretty good. Granted, he was distracted by the multitudes of ponies out there, but... still. 

 

He was quite sweaty for how little work we did and how cool it was, but he is quite hairy. He even had a ltitle bit of butt foam. It felt too cool to hose him, so I just sponged him off. He's soooo filthy!! Between the excess hair and the sweat... and for whatever reason.. maybe the lack of grass yet the humidity, my pastures have gone to seed but the seeds are sticky, so the horses are coming in with their legs and noses covered in sticky sap like stuff. It's nasty! I even bush hogged some when I got home because it's driving me bananas. And that's when the misting really starting... so I didn't stay out long. 

 

I still haven't decided if I take him or Lyric to Keelin on Tuesday. sigh...