Warm December Ride at the Basin

I haven't had the chance to ride a lot this December. But, that normal as it's the busy time at work and I've also been very busy with horse hair jewelry orders. Cierra and I have gotten in a few quick bareback rides in the woods behind my house. Then it was icy so the footing wasn't good for riding for a week or so. But, the past few days have been warm and we had quite a bit of rain which melted all the ice and most of the snow.

Linda emailed me on Thursday or Friday to see if I could ride at the beach on Sunday. Cierra and I could both go so. Low tide was at 10:00 am. Sunday morning turned out to be rainy but was going to clear around noon time so we changed our plans and instead met in Phippsburg to ride in the Basin at 1:00 pm. 

It stayed overcast but was quite warm and we had the most wonderful ride.  It was just so good to get out and the horses seemed to be as happy as we to be out. We did quite a bit of trotting and got in a few nice long canters. We were even able to go into the pond. A real treat for a late December day!