Autumn Splendor

Good friends heading down the trail!

I needed to get Keno out today and decided to pony Flyboy, too. I had a bit of drama getting Fly into the trailer first. Keno was waiting--tied to the fence and Flyboy didn't want to get in and leave Keno! Eventually he did and we headed up the canyon. It is so incredibly colorful up there right now--red, yellow, and gold everywhere you look!

We had to ride about half a mile up the paved road (no traffic to speak of) before we caught the small dirt road that heads west through a small, ponderosa pine forest. Keno and Fly trotted along well together, with Keno only trying to give Flyboy the evil eye if he tried to pass him. Keno can be really bossy, and Flyboy is not going to argue with him! We explored for about 45 minutes or so, turned around and headed back toward the main road, but we explored a couple of off-shoot trails, too.

Before we got back to the trailer and hour and a half after we started, we took a trail down to the river, and both horses had a good drink. It was a hot day--about 90 degrees! At the end of September, no less! Gotta love it 'cause when the snow flies the canyon trails will be unridable till late April. So I'm loving it and getting up there as much as possible!

A little more trailer loading drama again. Fly actually tried to turn around in the trailer after I closed the slant panel; he caused himself a little excitement and nicked his nose in the process. Poor boy! I think we'll work on some Parelli games to help him with the loading. I don't like trailer drama!

Flyboy wore Easyboot Gloves on all four feet today. They stayed on well through walking, trotting, and playing in the river. I think they'll be an OK fit. Size 1's on fronts and 0.5's on the backs. He didn't seem to mind them. I touched up his trim when I got home--it's so easy to do after they walk through the river and ride home with booted wet hooves!

Please appreciate the difficulty of getting two horses to pose like this!

P.S. The pacing seems to have gone away! Apparently Flyboy didn't see the point of pacing around two big tires and a barrel. I laid them in his chosen path four days ago, and he hasn't paced since, knock on wood! ;)