NOT a trail pony, mom!

When will I get it through my think head? Never! Wishful thinking that Gypsy was a good trail horse I suppose. But it was too nice outside to ride in the arena, and it was crowded in there anyways! So off I walked Gypsy to see if the trail to the river was...well, passable. And after walking through some squish, found that no...No, you couldn't really get to the river yet. There's still a rather large and deep puddle-lake thing in the way, and the bottom of this steep little hill. And seeing as I didn't feel like dying today, I avoided that like the plague. So instead off Gypsy and I went down the field, back to where I trail rode with the other girls a week or two ago. And Gypsy was a class A airhead. Trying to prance all over, head in the air, overall dummy. And so I decided we would work, and trot in a circle until she decided that she could be calm. HA! Well... It was a good theory, but Gypsy instead tried to canter said circle, all with her nose up so high...In hindsight...How does she even move with her head so high up there? You'd think that would be uncomfortable, but whatever. Maybe 5, maybe 10 minutes, who knows really, she 'calmed' down. Well, she was trotting with a resemblance of control, and wasn't tying to canter anymore. So we turned around and went the over direction, and it started all over again. Eventually I let her stop and stand for a bit, then we kinda wandered back home, by going through the field back to the road, and taking the road back to the barn. And let me tell you, that much prancing is kind of hard on your knees and back. But I suppose I didn't die, so I can't complain?
I am thinking I will try and do a lot of this with Gypsy this year during the sunny season. Being outside and using your brain at the SAME TIME!
...As if I couldn't have picked a harder challenge.