04.14.08
Carriage drive in Gilford Village
Friend HorseGal joined Hubby and me in the Eagle 4-wheel carriage for an outing in mid-March. Gilford the horse brought us down to Gilford Village where we bought a newspaper at the Village store, then on through the historic district of town, past the schools, and back up the hills to home.
STARTING OUT, GIFORD WEAVES SIDE TO SIDE SHOWING HIS RELUCTANCE TO LEAVE HOME…
see youTube video at Starting out on carriage drive…
Gilford as usual started out distracted and got better over the course of the drive. He is good-natured but still young enough that he can be a little silly starting out. Kinda like, “do I really HAVE to leave the barn? do I really HAVE to go in a straight line? are you SURE that mailbox is not going to jump out and eat me??
Driving Gilford through Gilford village…
HorseGal was pretty ecstatic to get to join us. We crowded all three of us into the front bench seat, and removed the back seats from the carriage to keep Gil’s load as light as possible.
See trotting video at Horse carriage in Gilford Village…
He goes straighter when he’s trotting… by later in the drive he has settled in pretty nicely.
