spitting -drizzly- rainy type of afternoon,Jessica and her mare Cloe with hounds Q'ie and Leilah arrived for a trail ride. We rode down hill though the pineapple fields. I have not crossed the irrigation canal which divides the Pineapple fields from the lower elevation cane fields in a long time. This is because you must cross a bridge with a irrigation canal running under it. Kalae usually looks at it with her right eye and spooks left nearly falling off the barrier less bridge on the left. Today the water was flowing quite briskly. ( Maui county has issued a drought warning and it has rained every day for the last 6 weeks in the mountains, Haiku & Hana) . Today Kalae refused to go across the bridge as a large volume of green water sped past. Cloe came back across the bridge and escorted us across on her tail. We ended at the reservoir was 2/3 full with a big night heron fishing on the banks. As we turned uphill we had to follow the flume feeding water into the reservoir. This was quite scary because the water as dancing and splashing as it sped downhill. 2/3 the way up the hill Kalae finally relaxed and did not worry about the water. The dogs added to the desensitizing ride by popping out of the brush behind the horses causing the Kalae to startle. Fortunately when we go down hill at the start the dogs are running in front When we return uphill they are lagging behind but the horses are a bit more used to them by then. We got to practice our "One Rein Stops!"Friday, July 24, 2009
Ride to the Cane Field Reservoir
On a overcast,
spitting -drizzly- rainy type of afternoon,Jessica and her mare Cloe with hounds Q'ie and Leilah arrived for a trail ride. We rode down hill though the pineapple fields. I have not crossed the irrigation canal which divides the Pineapple fields from the lower elevation cane fields in a long time. This is because you must cross a bridge with a irrigation canal running under it. Kalae usually looks at it with her right eye and spooks left nearly falling off the barrier less bridge on the left. Today the water was flowing quite briskly. ( Maui county has issued a drought warning and it has rained every day for the last 6 weeks in the mountains, Haiku & Hana) . Today Kalae refused to go across the bridge as a large volume of green water sped past. Cloe came back across the bridge and escorted us across on her tail. We ended at the reservoir was 2/3 full with a big night heron fishing on the banks. As we turned uphill we had to follow the flume feeding water into the reservoir. This was quite scary because the water as dancing and splashing as it sped downhill. 2/3 the way up the hill Kalae finally relaxed and did not worry about the water. The dogs added to the desensitizing ride by popping out of the brush behind the horses causing the Kalae to startle. Fortunately when we go down hill at the start the dogs are running in front When we return uphill they are lagging behind but the horses are a bit more used to them by then. We got to practice our "One Rein Stops!"
spitting -drizzly- rainy type of afternoon,Jessica and her mare Cloe with hounds Q'ie and Leilah arrived for a trail ride. We rode down hill though the pineapple fields. I have not crossed the irrigation canal which divides the Pineapple fields from the lower elevation cane fields in a long time. This is because you must cross a bridge with a irrigation canal running under it. Kalae usually looks at it with her right eye and spooks left nearly falling off the barrier less bridge on the left. Today the water was flowing quite briskly. ( Maui county has issued a drought warning and it has rained every day for the last 6 weeks in the mountains, Haiku & Hana) . Today Kalae refused to go across the bridge as a large volume of green water sped past. Cloe came back across the bridge and escorted us across on her tail. We ended at the reservoir was 2/3 full with a big night heron fishing on the banks. As we turned uphill we had to follow the flume feeding water into the reservoir. This was quite scary because the water as dancing and splashing as it sped downhill. 2/3 the way up the hill Kalae finally relaxed and did not worry about the water. The dogs added to the desensitizing ride by popping out of the brush behind the horses causing the Kalae to startle. Fortunately when we go down hill at the start the dogs are running in front When we return uphill they are lagging behind but the horses are a bit more used to them by then. We got to practice our "One Rein Stops!"
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