Traveler’s first ride

 

Tamara wasn’t even going to get on Traveler the other day.  She’d already been there for a few hours, worked four other horses, and it was HOT.   Let me tell you a bit of a secret… it’s a LONG walk from the round pen to the driveway where she had parked.  After she was done with the last horse and had him untacked and turned loose, she was cursing herself for not leaving Quill tacked up and just letting him carry her saddle and bag down to the car.  Luckily, Traveler was standing right outside the round pen and he volunteered his happy fat butt to carry the saddle.  So I grabbed him and we threw the saddle on.  Then it was pretty silly not to go ahead and work with him.  So she put the bridle on him.  Since he has much the same attitude as Quill and she’d already done some ground work with him, we decided she should just mount on up and see what happens.

A whole lot of nothing happened.

 

 

Which is a big bonus since she forgot to put her helmet on before mounting up.

 

I let him follow me around the pen for a few minutes until he got his sea legs under him, then we called it a day.  Except that he still got to carry the saddle and bag down to the driveway for Tamara.  He’s such a gentleman.

 

Traveler will be going to the same foster that took River and Casper.  I can’t wait to see little Lexi riding him.  I think she’s really going to love the little guy!