Today was a really confident day on the trail. I'm not sure who was more relaxed, Beauty or myself. It's been a tough road over the last couple years letting go of all the "learned fears," but with the help of fun, confident friends, I'm really enjoying our outings now. So, on this trail ride, we started on the main road at Round Valley, then made our way to a side path. This path took us to a little waterway that was mostly mud. Leading down to it was a rocky area that the horses had to pick a path through. Casi and Rosie made their way through easily, but I think I impeded Beauty a bit with my concerns (will she get her leg stuck in between the rocks, will she slip and fall, will she jump the ditch???), all stupid questions of the type that torment me on most of my outings. Anyway - we made our way down, she took a look at the water, deciding where to cross, changed her mind and together we turned back and took another look at it. I had decided to make my way around a bit farther when Kimberly suggested that I get off and help her with her confidence by walking through it myself. Whew! Good idea. Anyway, what started off as a concern for me ended up with a nice mounting lesson! Also of note today was seeing 3 coyotes come trotting down the road towards us as we made our way home. They were all about 20 feet apart from each other, and didn't even give us a look. We usually see lone coyotes on our rides, but it was the first time we saw 3 together!
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