Well, off for another trail and I thought I'd bring you guys along with me, we're going
to head over to Allco Park again and from Allco Park we can get to lots of places so
it's a pretty good place to start and it's only a couple of minutes away from the barn,
so easy peasy to get to.
So let's get going.
Ok, well, we're ready to go, make sure the truck is locked, it's locked and we're going
to go take a ride on this beautiful day, nothing too exciting today just trying to get more
time in the saddle for this guy and enjoy the beautiful day out, maybe we'll encounter
something maybe we'll learn something maybe we'll practice something we're not quite good
at or just get good at stuff or get better at stuff that we're good at, so off we go.
I have a thing for those rider and horse silhouette things, it just looks kind of cool.
Getting good practice leading, we always lead down to the park area, there's actually a
school that does school here for kids and they're here a lot, it's a beautiful park
to learn in, it's great for the kids to run around and learn stuff, so they're here today
and we'll see how that goes.
I think we'll be fine, he's pretty good in the past.
Well, this is probably the first time I've taken video on him on this side of the water,
he made it across ok, left the camera in the bag just so I could have more control, it's
a little hard to see in the water and sometimes you have to guide the horse a little bit so
they don't take a misstep, usually they're pretty good but, ok, well we're off, that
trail, let's go Benny, that a boy.
One of the things you always have to be, one of the things you always have to be aware
of when riding on trails is you never know when your horse might want to just turn around
and unfortunately where they're turning around there's no space to turn around and they end
up stepping backwards into something that is soft and mushy and unsafe, the best way
to deal with this problem, catch them before it happens, Benny is sort of a, I don't know
maybe he's like normal horses, just kind of tends to think he knows where to go but doesn't,
so off we go, continue on.
I think he knows when I have the camera too because I'm only half paying attention to
him and half paying attention to the camera, so let's continue on.
It is a really nice day we just climbed this huge hill, Benny did great, he's usually not
very good with hills, doesn't have a lot of practice, one thing that Benny definitely
doesn't have enough practice in is staying off the edge of the trail like this one he
tends to kind of hug, you know I've seen other horses like this, they'll hug the edge that
goes down, not the up side so watch this, you can see other
hoof prints on the very very edge that indicates obviously that other horses do it too, not
just Benny but wow it is quiet it is just this luscious green goodness out here the
sun coming through lot of ferns, it's just beautiful beautiful day, good day for a trail
ride let's continue walking.
Wow, that's a long drop but it's a nice wide trail and Benny's on the go we're going to
the cliff so you look up it's straight up and straight down.
Benny you're doing ok, we're going to continue on this wonderful trail anyways we're doing
pretty good we're just going to continue on this trail, this leads to Golden Ears Park
I don't know how far we'll make it today, it's a pretty good trip already for Benny,
it's a beautiful day again just magnificent, perfect weather, it's cool dry sunny and not
wet, not raining and quiet there's nobody here just us so it allows Benny and I to or
any horse that I would bring along here and just work together, be cool with being together,
wow, amazing, ok Benny get walking ok well we've finally made it to Golden Ears Park,
it didn't take too long and this is exactly why I don't try to do too much camera work
while riding because otherwise I would have steered him out of that a little bit more
timely, we're at the edge of the road, we're quite a ways in actually, I'll hold Benny
back.
Now the thing about crossing roads, we're not going to do this now because I actually
have no idea where the other side is I think it's over there but when you're crossing roads
with a horse it may be advisable to hop off and lead them because sometimes if you can't
get them to go straight across or go to a place that's off to one side of the trail
they could end up stuttering in the middle of the road and somebody will come around
and as you can see both of these corners are kind of blind, see now Benny's thinking about
something else because I'm thinking about something else which is you guys so I've got
to get back to Benny here and help him out and make sure he doesn't continue to be worried
although there might be some other horses out here, nobody responded but, sorry Benny
just us, oh, I don't hear anything, sometimes you can watch your horse he's going to try
again, now I'm just letting him do this because I'm ok with it I'm a bit curious too if there
is another horse out here, I don't think there is Benny's eating now so obviously there isn't,
ok we're going to continue on our ride now Benny get me out of the bushes this time,
ok, continuing on I wonder if Benny will know which way is home, and he does, but we're
not going home Benny, nice job pal, we're going that way, so let's go well we're on
our way back, made it to the park it was nice it's been a good ride probably could have
made it farther but I've got other things to do so that's ok just kind of gives you
the idea that we've got to come back out and do it again and that's good inspiration, it
never ceases to amaze me though when going home horses get really quick they have this
really slow speed for leaving and then coming back they have this super duper fast speed
to where you're just at the edge of a fast walk or a slow trot but it's good, beautiful
day again, just really really nice, perfect day to be out again Benny is walking the edge,
well he was so we should be back to the truck in I don't know twenty minutes or so.
Well, we're back in Allco, lens is a little wet we went on a pretty good trail ride, went
across some water things we learned at least for Benny when he's going away from home he
doesn't like streams that are smaller than two feet but those big huge fifty foot ones,
no problem, two foot ones nope it's times like that sometimes you have to walk the across
just lead them nicely and continue on hop back on and continue on your ride when we're
coming back though no problem at all just gives them a sniff and checks them out and
he's good, watch the pothole so really great ride still a beautiful day we got through
everything made it to Golden Ears, get back to the trailer go back home and have a coffee,
so that's about it see you guys again soon