Bare Ridin' and Walkin' in the Sun

As of Saturday I have told my self to either not ride or only do a very slight amount. Nowadays riding makes me too mentally tired (or so it seems). At night after a day of riding I would have much more trouble falling asleep, I become panicky and anxious. Now even the thing that I love most in the world is becoming difficult on me... The reason I brought this up is because this happened again after another day of riding, even after only a few minutes of it. Although, I definitely enjoyed myself, we rode bareback! Ava was really good for me and wish I could ride bareback forever. You can definitely tell Ava likes bareback over wearing a saddle and I don't mind one bit, it is so much more fun! We even worked our way up to a trot and even did some 360's, she was a real good girl.

Yesterday I went down to the barn not really knowing what I would do... Then when I arrived I saw that no one was there! I was stoked, I decided to take Ava to the outdoor arena for a bit. She didn't do much when I let her free so I put her halter on and we worked on The Friendly Game and a little bit of lunging, she did really good especially for being outside. After we were finished I grabbed my hat and walked her around a different part of the barn, at first she was a little dragony but actually she handled herself well, at the end she had her head low and her eyes were soft.

It is was so nice having the barn to myself! When I was about to pull out of the driveway I noticed far across the street there was a man jogging on some kind of road. I went to investigate. After I found where he was jogging I noticed that this would be a perfect trail riding or jogging spot for Ava and I! It was a nice dirt road (no concrete!) and it was pretty flat too. So I decided that this will be Ava and I's goal for the summer, to take a trail ride over there or even take Ava on a jog with me!