Riding!

Steve and I finally got to ride our steeds yesterday ..... and I tell ya ... it was like the race between the tortoise and the hare! And we were definitely the tortoise!

Hawkeye and I started out walking fast in the lead, but soon Steve and Cindy overtook us and got in front. Then Cindy shied and balked at a blacktop patch in the road, and my faithful little mule plodded right past her! She soon passed us and got ahead again .... but then she balked at the entrance to the waterway, and Hawkeye and I plodded right past her again. On the way home she shied again at something totally stupid, had to stop to pee once, and then had to stop to poop. And each time Hawkeye and I plodded right past her. We all ended up back at the barn at the same time! It was awesome! I soooo love my little mule. We had to go up and down a steep ditch a few times, and he never balked once. He just keeps plodding along! God has truly blessed me with him at this point in my life! And I hope I can have him for a long long time!