Tuesday's Ride!

I finally got to ride! =D It feels like it has been a while but anyway. We rode down the strip a ways and then I saw our neighbor go out to her dogs so I figured I woudl head down and talk to her a bit and also ride around their farm since I had gotten their permision. I talked to her a bit and then I rode around the barn...and I found a wonderful area that is kinda rectangular and it is going to be great to use to trot around and canter around..my own areana..hehe sort of =D So Navajo and I trotted both ways around this area. It is good sized. The one area I am not sure but he was a bit nervous about. So Etta walked us past it (etta being our neighbor)..she said it brought back memories and I can believe it. She used to ride horses at one point. So we rode around there for a while. Not sure how long we were down there but we headed back across the road and headed toward home. We didnt' go the whole way home but turned around and I asked Navajo to trot and HE DID PRETTY WELL RIGHT AWAY..I sure was proud. Then I asked for a canter and he did that too. So I finally am getting somewhere with him going away from home. I sure am really happy about that. I think once we have that down pat and a few other things then we will be ready to go whole heartedly into working on dressage =) We shall see. Hope you all have a wonderful rest of the week!!