Eli schooled lightly but very well over fences on Friday evening. As it turned out, it was a good thing I jumped him then, because Saturday, while sunny and bright, was too windy to jump anything. I had trouble just trying to trot. We had sustained winds out of the north at 25-30mph with gusts to 50mph and greater. Eli and I wound up just strolling around in the wildflowers at a walk. He never seems to mind wind, although on Saturday he did have a bit of a snorting fit when we first started walking around, but with that much wind and dust and dry air I can hardly blame him for it.
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Sunday was a much nicer day and I spent the day working outside until 5 or so, then drove out to get Eli some grazing time.
The weekend was not a total waste — a good friend was in town on business and we went to Lamberts Sunday night. If you ever visit Austin, I definitely recommend checking out Lamberts–as long as you like meat. Don’t bother going if you don’t eat meat, though. I don’t think there would much on the menu for you.
And that’s just the bar menu, where this friend and I prefer to eat while there. There is a lot more meat on the full menu.
Hopefully this evening will be less windy and I can have a decent flat work session on Eli!
UGH it was windy in DFW too- but not as bad I don’t think because I managed to jump both days. Hopefully the wind quits soon!
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All of our jumps were blowing over! Today is already an improvement.
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