jaunt
noun
a short journey, especially one taken for pleasure.
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
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We were jaunting along rapidly enough, and the rattling of the buckboard disturbed the repose of a coyote that was lying in the sage brush along the trail.
From The Indians' Last Fight Or The Dull Knife Raid by Dennis Collins