A Hop, Skip and a Jump ... and Still Smiling!

Had a fantastic ride on Sunny this morning with my friend Sherri and her horse, Dylan.  Spring is finally in the air and the ring is becoming more of a ring and less of an ice skating rink.

For my birthday, I splurged on a sexy, western style hard hat ... I figure at my age, I need to protect all the experience I've gathered in my brains!!!

So a nice leisurely ride around the ring took a sudden little "hop, skip and a jump" when I learned that the unshakable Sunny is NOT A FAN of the air brakes on the garbage truck!

The fact that I a.) stayed on, b.) did NOT panic, c.) continued to breath and d.) made him trot out in the scary section of the ring made me feel like WONDER WOMAN!

I know it's not such a feat for the seasoned rider, but from 17.2 hands in the air, it was a BIG deal for me.

Sunny, you ROCK ... and I kinda do too!