I’m getting old enough now to really appreciate being alive and being able to ride.
Here’s Velvet and I riding in front of Jazz and Hope. I heard Hope talking and knew she was filming!
Velvet and facing into a freezing gusty wind today, Boy Howdy…full alert life up on that one!
Having my body parts freeze today was a good reminder of being alive. I suppose my feet froze last year, but I don’t remember that feeling. I suppose my thighs froze last year, but I don’t remember that feeling either.
Hope androde Jazz. How many layers of clothes does she have on? Even her hunter vest is padded against the cold.
Hope asked me if I wanted to wear one of her hunter vests. I replied it would be better if one of them just shot me and got me out of my cold misery. She yelled at me for being grumpy.
We broke the rules today.
(Rule Number 1 – Ride Outdoors when it’s in the high 40’s and above.)
It was Hope’s fault. She wanted to ride. I whined to no avail. I grumped and was shut down. At the end of the ride, I moaned. Moaning was allowed.
We met a big tractor-combine combination on the trail today. The tractor tires were bigger than we were. We had no where to get out of the way. We just stood on the side of the trail and let the big beast go by. Velvet is used to stuff like that. I’ve got to admit that I was just the slightest bit worried. The tractor combine guy waved when he went by. Neither Hope or I waved back. I wanted both my hands on the reins! Then the semi passed by us too. I did manage to wave at the truck guy! We were out in the middle of the park-on the trails.
We see big vehicle tracks now and then when we ride at the park. In fact, we saw some today and commented on how big of a monster made those tracks. And then we met it!
Just think if I had got my way and rode in an indoor arena, I might not have got to experience going one-on-one with a huge combine-tractor.
whoooo
PS:
Where are my Muck Boots? Where are my insole heat inserts. Gotta find those. I live in Muck Boots all winter long. Where are they!