Off Like a Herd of Turtles

 It's been a wintery winter. And March has been the Marchiest March we've had for a long time.  It's been cold. When it does warm up it rains. Sometimes it's cold and rainy.  The ground is either frozen or sodden. Sometimes both. 

 I've ridden a grand total of 4 times. 

It's hard to get training off the ground with it being so inconsistent. I've kept the rides short. I rode Quaid for the first time on March 31. It was 17 minutes after we did a bunch of groundwork and lunging. I kept it to a walk.  I rode him again yesterday and we trotted too.  Both of them are exactly where you think this early getting back to it.  Carmen is spicy and Quaid is bemused and I'm pretty sure they are both thinking 'this again?' 

Quaid: wait, what? Didn't we do this last year?
His ears are extra floofy and I love it 

We had planned to travel to Cuba the end of March, but of course, that could not happen. So we booked a few nights away locally. It was a lovely little cottage on the ocean and it had a hot tub and sauna. It was a nice break  and we really enjoyed ourselves. 

the view. The hot tub is just below the deck

it was a lovely cottage

A great dessert at a local restaurant

We walked on a beautiful white sand beach.  I brought Margaritas. So I like to say we had white sands, an ocean view, warm water and cold drinks. So it was perfect. 

Carter's Beach. It is stunning, even in March

So it's been a slow start in the riding department. Hopefully things will get better for riding weather. I am itching to get back to it.