a real saddle

And then... I ran out of space on my camera ~ I rode Grace today... with a real saddle! It was smooooth and graceful... I'm taking her out on the trail tomorrow for the first time. We'll see how she does. Just walking her (on the ground) through the trail ~ well, she'd never met a rooster before and when we got up by them, she spooked. But I was on the ground ~ much easier to let go of the lead rope and let her kick around from the ground, rather than from in the saddle. ;) Got myself a helmet though...