August 22nd continued

Free has decided that I am fun and this is good news. He is trotting up to me when I play with him at liberty and he is easy to catch. Today Freedom learned to stand tied to the tree and he stood quietly. I rode him in the larger pen after kicking the others out and his movement was improved in this larger area. He trotted without hesitation despite the wind and sand blowing around. My helmet scraped the tree several times and it didn't bother him much. He almost loped without me asking and I was so proud of his attitude! One more day left to play before Saturday and all of you better come support me :) or I might die of a heart attack! I am sure that I will be nervous and Freedom will think its lots of fun!