Eastern Washington

Wilma here.
I went for a ride in the horse car on the weekend. It was a long ride, through some mountains, and when we came out we were in a place that's a lot drier. The human boss mare called it "Eastern Washington". We went to a place where there were LOTS of black horses just like me! I got put into a space just like the other horses, and got some hay and some nice clean water. The sun was warm on my back. It was nice to see all the other horses. Some of them were very big and some were about my size. There were lots of people, too, and some of the horses played some games with their humans. It all looked very interesting.

It turned out, though, that we were "late", because the day before the horse car took Marieh away, to a place where they can help her with her sore leg. She didn't come back, but the humans said she will be fine, and she needed to stay at the other place for a while so they can make her well. That was good news. Anyway, because we were "late", I didn't get to play any games with the other horses. But when all the game playing was over, I got to go into the big space and play with what was there. There were some jumps, which human boss mare and I jumped over together. That was fun! I kind of like to jump little things like that. Then there was a little bridge, and some poles, and a big tire with dirt in it. I climbed up on the tire with all four feet, and felt VERY tall. My partner stayed on the ground and told me how amazing I was for getting on the tire with hardly a fuss. (It was easy, but I didn't tell her that).

Then we went over to the "tarp", which had water on it. I don't like getting my feet wet. My partner let me think about it for a while, and then encouraged me to step on the "tarp" and into the water. She went with me. With her next to me, that was easy, too, and the water was okay! My partner put her arms around my neck and told me I was the best mare in the unverse and she was very glad I was HER partner. This felt very good to me, so I hugged her back. She is a nice partner and boss mare, even if sometimes she's a little too bossy. But maybe she gets that from me.

The next day we went into the big space again, only this time I had the saddle on. My partner played with me for a few minutes and I got back on the tire. Then she got on my back and we went for a ride. We rode over the bridge, and went in and out of the jumps, and then we did some trotting, and I carried her up on the tire. It was a lot of fun! After that I got to rest in my space again, and then got back in the horse car and we went home.

It's nice to go to new places and see other black horses, and it's nicer to come home. I was happy to see my herd, and they missed me, too. Now when Marieh comes home, we'll all be together again and it will be very good indeed.