Hokie Birds Fly South: Tunes and Balloons

Spring break at Wesleyan this week brought about a much needed week of peace and quiet with plenty of riding time at the barn. Henry and Catch have been doing awesome and both are looking at being back in the college lesson program very very soon. We also had another great surprise this week...a new horse! Tres arrived on Tuesday afternoon and has settled in wonderfully. He is a huge...at least 17.2 hands...Hanoverian gelding from Statesboro,Ga. Mike has decided to adopt him as his own as Tres is a tad bit afraid of men, so far though Mike has been able to lead him in and out from the barn and pastures so hopefully he'll come around.

Tres and I after his first ride at Wesleyan..also apparently his first ride in over a month..ha!

Spring break has also brought about some amazing weather down here! Yesterday hit around 70 and today's high was 77, the wind kept it fairly cool though but still very nice. After heading out to the barn to turn out ponies this morning (hot air balloons taking off from across the field did not agree with the ponies this morning so they got a late turnout) we took a nice walk around the "lake" and then went off shopping...Mike's most favorite way to pass the time.

Then we ventured out for some Macon fun at the kick off of the Cherry Blossom Festival which will run through next Sunday with a finale of fireworks at Wesleyan. Tonight's event was held at Macon State College and hosted the hot air balloons along with live music. The great weather along with a really good band made for a nice relaxing evening with our little picnic while we waited for the balloons to fire up. Since it has been pretty windy down here lately they were unable to actually lift off with the balloons but they were still pretty during the sunset.

Sweet tea, fresh fruit and our picnic basket:)