Rosemary Goes on a Field Trip

Well, the trainer canceled and we thought Rosemary would miss another driving session. When my called Peggy to let her know, it turned out that she was able to play. So we brought Rosemary and planned to make an excursion outside the arena.
Mom warmed her up by ground driving her in the arena. Then she ground drove her on the road, while Peggy and I dragged our feet through the gravel. Rosemary wiggled a bit but kept walking. There were garbage cans, mailboxes and a flag, but the only thing she looked at was a darker patch on the road.
Once back in the arena, we set to hooking her to the cart. While we were doing this a bunch of kids came by riding bikes. Rosemary was interested, but stayed still. That all changed when a Bay horse, which she of course thought was Dottie, came walking after the bikes. And as an aside, that horse was a saint. The girl riding bareback had no helmet and no shoes and I do not think she was holding on to anything but the mane as someone else led the horse. Anyway, Rosemary called the other horse answered and she got impatient. Luckily the kids, bikes and horse cleared out so Rosemary could settle.
Peggy started her out in the arena to get her focus back on working. Then she burned some carbon off by letting her trot. When her head was back, we headed out. We went first down this little hill to a dead end in case she got loose it would be into the woods. She handled the hill great managing the weight of the cart while maintaining her stride. You will notice the video is very shaky. Trying to tape and keep up with Rosemary was hard to do.
Peggy had her make the turn and head up the road. Rosemary settled into her ground covering walk and enjoyed the area. Then she went down a bigger hill and made a much tighter turn around to come back up the same hill.

She really has to push against the shafts to make the turn.

Oh and when we got to the top of the hill, a UPS truck came driving by. The driver slowed, but Rosemary did not even bat a eye. Peggy decided it was time to get in. They headed back down the first road to the grass turn around again. This time Peggy let her trot up the hill. Peggy thought about continuing down the road, but decided not to push it since she was being good so she turned into the arena. Rosemary picked up a jaunty trot and cruised around. She came to a nice halt when Peggy asked.
Driving really seems to satisfy Rosemary and she loves all the new aspects. She had not been driven for nearly a month before this exercise and had no major issues.