Looks like my Girls two day ride/camp out will be taking place towards the end of mayish.. this gives me seven weeks, seven weeks to lose some more weight, seven weeks to condition Brandy, seven weeks to get both of us ready for a good hard days trail ride, seven weeks to do some workouts to increase my own core strength, seven weeks to increase my own flexablity..

Sometimes having a hardcore short term goal can be just the ticket to awesome results, so we will see how it all goes.. There will be so many firsts coming between brandy and myself, I never got to trail ride with her last year, we have done pasture riding, road riding and edge of the field riding but not bush riding yet, so that is a big new one, and we need to get a number of smaller rides done before the big one..

The gear has not be tested for anything this long, I have never used my tack for more then an hour at most and need to make sure that everything is ship/shape and will not cause issues with Brandy in terms of wear, I might do some heavy duty thinking about getting a better quality saddle blanket.

I have not done any wet work with Brandy yet, the only time she was asked to cross a wet ditch late last winter, she jumped it, and so while I have been asking and getting water/puddle/mud crossing this spring with my ground work, she has not been ridden in and around wet area’s, this is clearly a huge! weakness in our training in regards to the planned coming ride, she has to learn how to ride in and though wet or mucky conditions and be willing to cross small streams..

Packing gear, this one I believe should be one of the easiest to do, I have put a number of things on her before and had no issues but saddlebags are still a “new” thing per say and I want her to get used to the idea of bedroll, and gear..

Last but not least is tie out, she needs to learn to do a tie out for the trail, and while I imagine that by the end of the ride she will be tuckered out and more then ready for a rest, I still need to work on this training/skill level with her, she needs to learn to be tied out and left, she is good with a tie out to graze, she is good with a tie out if you are working with her but tie out and left.. that is a different matter..

Its going to be a bit of a challange for both of us and I have to admit that i think with work it can be done and done well.. we will see if I am right or not…

Rest up big girl cuz your momma got plans for you!