First ride on Louie

11/15/2009

I took Louie for our first ride today. We went to a group ride in Phippsburg. Kathy rode Ruby again. Bonnie came along with River. The ride was from Terry York’s place and there was a dinner after. Louie was very good. He stood well tied at the trailer and while being saddled and mounted. He really didn’t do a thing wrong on the ride. He led for most of it and really walks out nice. And sooooooo smooth. We didn’t do a lot of trotting as Louis is barefoot and was just a bit tender on the rocks. We rode for over 2 hrs. The only trouble I had at all was that Louie was a bit balky at walking though the water puddles. But, there were a lot of them and we managed. When we got back, we loaded River and Louie into Bonnie’s trailer and went in to eat. Both mules stood quietly on the trailer. I was very pleased with Louie today