Graduation Ride at Soapstone

Last week Jasi graduated from high school, but graduating in the time of COVID-19 isn't quite like other graduation years.  One perk of not having an in-person ceremony (it was videoed and shown online) was that we were able to take a celebratory fast trail ride at Soapstone in the morning before coming home and getting dressed up to watch the presentation online. 

I rode Highboy, Jasi rode Daisy, and Owen ran on foot.  We did the ten mile loop in about an hour and half.  We trotted most of the way with some walk breaks, but included a galloping run through my favorite straightaway.  When Jasi asked Daisy to go a bit faster she kind of sunk down and kicked it into another gear, and Highboy just mildly extended his lopey stride to keep up.  He tried to play with her a couple times jumping around a little while they were running, but mostly he was very business-like and focused on footing and shifting his stride on the trail for just the right foot placement.

 Not a bad way to celebrate the morning of graduation!