Spoiled

We have been very spoiled here in California lately.  Nice winter weather, warm with no rain.  However that has changed.  It is now raining.  We need the rain...so I should be glad it is wet and nasty.  However it changes many things.  One is the grooming challenges that come with the rain.   Once they roll in the mud......

I didn't get a picture of Skippy.  The dirt just didn't show up too well on a palamino horse.  However I can see it pretty good on these 2.  

I need to get used to riding in the rain again.   Last Thursday I rode wearing my oilskin coat.  Zoe was fine with the flapping of the coat.  It didn't rain on us...probably because I was prepared for it.  

I'm used to riding with a heavy coat...since sometimes I ride at 5:30 in the morning-it has been cold out at that time.  I like my heavy carhartt jacket, it has a double zipper-so I can unzip it some at the bottom and it makes for a nice riding jacket.  

We will see how the trails are.  Zoe did pretty good last year on the wet trails-and boy did we ever have a wet winter last year.