Yesterday we moved into our gites (little houses). That was fun, and we also went grocery shopping so that we could have dinner at home instead of eating out and getting to bed at the regular hour of 11 pm each night. Lynn Sparks Kenelly made us a great dinner of home made Mac N Cheese and then we got to bed around 9:) Big problem, when I went to get in bed I soon realized that I was sleeping on the equivalent to a box spring...super comfy! Not the best night of sleep, for sure. Today was a rest day for the horses. That translates to a lot of down time. We went out and did our usual trot outs and had our morning meeting, followed by barn brewed coffee. Turned out all the ponies in their grass pens and then started killing time. Cleaned a few stalls, organized crew clothing, went and fueled up the rental, etc. Jeremy Reynolds, Jeremy Olson and Emilio Colman went for a run from our barn to our Gite. About a 5 mile deal. I hung out with Ellen watching the grass grow under the horses feet while they grazed and then headed up to the house to shuttle everyone back to the barn. I had lunch while I was up there. Very French...Pate, Bre cheese on bread and a yogurt. Then did a few things online. The guys arrived and we headed back down to the barn. When we got back the guys relieved Ellen of horse watch and she and I went for a run down to the beach. It was drizzling the whole time with varying degrees of rain. It was cold at first but soon was fine. The ocean/bay where we are fluctuates a crazy amount. Literally, part of the day there are small waves and people swimming and then a couple of hours later the entire bay is empty and there are huge mud flats over a mile out where the water had been. Pretty odd. After our run we hung around until it was time to bring the horses in for the night (6pm). Then after all the last minute chores were wrapped up we headed home. Right when we got home we hijacked a mattress from the garage to put on top of our metal spring board. I cant wait!!! Tonight we were treated to a home cooked, Indian meal that Mustafa Tehrani made. It was excellent. We were also enjoying Valerie Kanavy telling us stories of her amazing season with the crown jewel race of the WEG in Holland aboard her Gold Medal horse Cash (Pieraz). Very fun and exciting. Tomorrow we get to ride:) Only 11 days to kill...
Posted on: Sun, 17 Aug 2014 20:19:12 +0000
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