At last, we have a chance to ride. At first we thought it would be too cold, but the sun started warming up things pretty nicely, and we decided that we’d dress extra warm, wear our parkas and take a chance. Our original plan was to take the yellow trail to the red trail to the blue trail, which is a long loop, then back again. Before we got to the blue trail, however, we ran into high water, and a one-lane bridge with a sign that said "Impassable with high water." It wasn’t kidding. We were horse-chest high in water and we still had 5 or 6 yards to the bridge. We couldn’t even tell what the bridge was costructed with, and were very concerned that the horses might get freaked out when the surface changed under their hooves, so we decided caution was in order and we retreated back up the red trail. We went for option B, which was the yellow trail to the green trail in a figure 8, before heading back to the campground, We did run into a few more water hazards, but nothing more than knee-high, which my horse barreled through (once he got started :-). Truly nice trails, though, very well-marked, several picnic tables and hitching rails to stop for lunch along the way, good footing except for a few muddy spots (understandable with all the rain), mostly pine needles and sand, no need for shoes or boots. Was out about 4 hours in the end. A lovely day!
