So we rode down and up the back hill. Dirt worked on not trotting. Axel worked on flipping his head with ever step he took (note to self, just put on the fly mask even if it doesn't seem that bad). And Kalani just went along for the ride. Axel did pretty well, moved out good, didn't do anything totally stupid. Dirt was fine since Tricia is able to catch him before he does anything wrong. We worked a little in the meadow but everyone thought we were too slow so Axel and I went and made our own circle in the meadow. He wasn't terribly pleased with that and tried a few wimpy bucks but that was about it. We worked on some figure 8s and bending and me not using the reins to turn, that went pretty well also. The only issue we really had was Axel forgetting all the work we did on not ripping my arms out of the sockets by yanking the reins. Guess he forgets easily with time off.
We ended the ride with a trip down the creek. Kalani needed practice and Dirt had shown some possible aversion to water so we figured a hot sticky day was a good day to try it out. Our creek isn't the greatest as it's pretty rocky. Axel has a hard time getting his footing and really just wants to walk on the bank and eat grass. Kalani and Dirt did just fine. Took Kalani a bit to get into the water with Steph leading but he did make a trip under saddle at the end.
On the way back up to the barn we had to dismount and do some horse shifting to avoid getting an audience. They took Axel and the other two up for me and I stood at the fence with Cody and some others waiting for the coast to clear. Cody spent his time beating up on Papillon and letting him know who was the boss. When I was finally able to open the gate for them Cody just bolted. Galloped up the hill, boots and all. I'd say my horse is sound once again.