First ride after injury

Susie and I went riding today. Susie rode Marie. Louie's first time out since his injury. He seemed very happy to be getting out and we had a great ride. The weather was lovely but I do have to say the deer flies were horrid. We started out through the woods but quickly returned to the house to get full fly net armor and fly whisks. We then decided to ride down the road as the deer fly aren't nearly so bad there. We then did a few short stretches through the woods and returned home by the road. We rode for about 2 1/2 hours at a fairly slow pace. Louie was appears to be 100% sound and I was thrilled. Road riding or not, it was still nice to get out and we had a lovely ride. I'm also glad that that both Louie and Marie as so steady to ride on the road because there are times that you just have to do that.