Today was much nicer then it has been. The heat and humidity let up a bit and there was a very nice breeze. Luke and Marie got new shoes yesterday so are both ready to put on some miles. Tracy came over to ride with me today with her lovely mare Fanny. She arrived at 10:00 am. She came out for a tour of the new barn (still a work in progress) and then went back out front to unload Fanny. I got Luke and brought him out and tied him to my trailer. When Fanny came off Tracy's trailer, she was startled by the guinea hens and did a bit of snorting. Luke heard this but could not see what was going on. He has never met Fanny either. Well, Luke had a bit of a melt down. I didn't think he had it in him! He danced and pranced around doing great big belly snorts........ as I was trying to saddle him. He was puffing up so big to do the big belly snorts that I couldn't even begin to cinch the saddle (English saddle, English billets...) He swung around once and slammed his right rear leg into the running board on my trailer and took off a hunk of hair! AGH! Nothing serious still........ As soon as Tracy led Fanny around where he could see her, he settled down a bit. Luke was still on high alert though when we mounted up and headed out.
As soon as we entered the woods we were swarmed by the deer fly. Horrible things! Luke settled down quickly and was his usual wonderful self. We had a lovely ride but for the stupid deer fly. When we went by the alpaca farm, Luke snugged up to Fanny. He is so funny when we go by there. Thankfully Fanny was fine about the Alpaca. I was surprised to see all the water drying up on the trail. Guess we need some rain.
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