Back in California

It's good to be home! 

I'm a bit tired, and I have a lot of catching up to do so this will be brief. As promised, I stumbled across a few equine-esque things in Washington, D.C., although not as many as I had hoped for. I'll share them during the week.

And even though this isn't a travel site, I am still eager to share many of the wonderful things that we saw in our nation's capital. Imagine if I had actually been somewhere equine in nature - oh, the stories I'd have had! 

I actually did a riding vacation in Ireland in 2005. I am now inspired to share that story with you. I think it will have to wait until summer though. Here is one photo from that trip as a teaser ...

There are at least 14 horses on this truck. They were packed in nose to tail like this until the final horse had only inches between him and the ramp. Each horse walked up the ramp quietly and shimmied himself into place. It was one of the most fascinating displays of equine "smarts" that I have ever seen!

But I digress. We got home in the evening so I wasn't able to run out to the barn, but after unpacking and doing the grocery shopping, I was able to get out to the barn on Saturday afternoon. I was delighted to see both of my boys looking relaxed and very happy. My barn owner did a great job of keeping both horses turned out or hand walked.

They were eager to see me and ready to be ridden. I was so grateful that she had kept their energy from building up. Sydney was a little difficult, but considering he hadn't been ridden in a week, it was not a bad ride. Speedy was actually very willing and gave me some great work even though it's all still at a walk, bareback, and in a halter.

Just as perky as ever!

I look forward to sharing our trip with you all as well as catching up with what you all did during the week. Happy Easter!