We had a fantastic weekend with Nicole!!!
We are usually lucky to make it from the airport to the house though. The weekend started off with a latte for Nicole and a hot tea for me from Starbucks, which is outside the International terminal at the airport. I usually bring ‘Nicole’s’ truck – the F350, which is still a novelty for her since there aren’t many of those in Germany.
Once fortified with coffee and tea, we needed to make the trek home.
This time, I told her we couldn’t talk until we got onto the correct highway. Back in April, we were talking so much I wasn’t paying attention to the road --- and we had a nice sightseeing tour of Virginia. We didn’t feel like another tour, so this time we behaved ourselves until we were on the right road. Unfortunately, we got distracted on the Ferry ride, and forgot to get off the ferry right away! Luckily, everyone was patient, and we didn’t end up taking several trips.
The rides went fabulous, as tends to happen when Nicole is ringside. I really needed her help though. Since the last clinic, we were going through a remedial stage – it was as if I had never done one tempis before. When I told her this on the drive from the airport, she knows me so well, that she knew immediately what my problem was.
Once I got back into the correct rhythm, we had it nailed. And I have been able to repeat them this week! We also had to work on keeping the correct rhythm in the piaffe - sometimes it’s hard to get all the pieces (mine) coordinated.
On Friday of the clinic we had a lunch discussion, which was a question and answer period, and on Saturday evening we had a barbeque at the farm.
This weekend was the perfect way to finish the summer. We are looking forward to Nicole’s next visit, which we hope will be Thanksgiving weekend. Stay posted for the confirmed dates.
You can see some pictures of everyone enjoying the barbeque. Here also is a picture of the new Kerrits breeches that I am test wearing.
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