August 1, 2010
I was about to bring Blossom to the arena when Tracee told me to tack up Aaragon, the horse that she was going to ride, while she finished her breakfast. So I put Blossom back in her stall and I quickly tacked up Aaragon and brought Aaragon to Tracee and went & got Blossom. Then eventually we both got on and started on the trail. There are vineyards surrounding the stables and around the vineyard there are different little trails that we have discovered. So when we set out we went around the front vineyard first. Then there is a back vineyard and alongside of it by the outline there is a ditch going along the whole side at the back of the back vineyard. And so we were going on the other side of the ditch; we crossed from the back vineyard over the ditch to the other side. But there was a walkway part where you can step over instead of having to jump over the ditch (which we don't do). So when we were going over there, there were two huge huge vultures that were perched on top of a vineyard post. And then we saw in the ditch a dead coyote and it looked recently killed (like that morning). When we were going by both horses were kind of getting scared and nervous and then they bolted for a second off...but we turned them around quickly so they could see what was going on so they wouldn't get scared. Then after when we were walking away from the whole situation I was asking Tracee why they were getting scared. Then she said horses can get scared of the smell of death and they also got scared because the vultures flapped away right behind them. So we turned them around so that they could look at what was going on because they couldn't just walk away and ignore it; they need to see it and know what was happening. That is the end of an adventure trail ride Part 1.
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