We rode in the Mountain Home Air Force Appreciation Day parade. It was a blast! Willa sewed for an entire week, but Lucky and Rider look very good in their totally new trappings. In fact, we all looked very good. We were proud and glad to be able to show our appreciation for what the Air Force does for America and thereby for us. The horses did very well. We're pretty sure that for Sabrina and Lucky, this was their very first parade. And if that's the case, they both did very well. In fact, the horses were exemplary in their behavior.
As far as we know, we were the only horse group who performed a simple drill in front of the reviewing stand.
But it was sure a lot of hard work! Willa sewed for an entire week. We practiced for two weekends before the actual parade. All the horses (nine of them) had to be washed and primped and then kept clean (that was the hardest part). It took us two trips to get there and two trips to get back home. Then we had to put everything away-that took several more hours.
We weren't perfect, but we looked good. The work was all worth it for us to show our community that we support them.
