Sign of spring

One big sign of spring for me is trailerloading, along with flowers birds and all those other things ;)
This winter we've been away to alot of new places and due to all the ice we havent been abled to practise 100% mental collection while leaving. I knew I had some things to work on and I've been eager to start and finally today most of the ice around the trailer was gone. It's still a thick cover of ice in the arena, wont be able to train in there for at least one month.
Therefor I couldnt trailerload the way I wanted, do other things and use the trailer as a place to rest, but I could do alot since he's so well prepared. I knew I didnt have to let him work alot to get motivated to rest in there.
It worked pretty well, I sent him in a few times and then we played abit with backing in. We started to back in last year but it's still a porcupine game and not a driving game.
At first he wasnt so mentally and emotional collected that he could stay in there a longer time or when I closed, but after a little while that worked well.
Last year the goal was to be able to load and travel alone and we ended up with loading at canter in liberty and riding in.This year I think the goal will be to get the backing in with driving game to work, I wonder where we will end up...