What a fabulous ride today! Another good night sleep, another leisurely breakfast, and finally got on the trail a bit after 12:00, having packed snacks for us and oats for the horses. Headed down to the Mohawk trail, then turned left to follow the A trail clockwise. Lots of varied terrain, forests both pine and deciduous, ascents and descents, rocky sections, muddy sections, perfect dirt and pine needle sections. Coming downhill near the southern end of the A Trail it got very muddy, and at one point Apollo stepped right out of one of his Easyboots, not an easy thing to do! Had to stop and pick it up, but it was so muddy I couldn’t see me being able to put it on again until I found some water to clean it up a bit. Shortly thereafter, we came to the halfway point, a lovely parking and horsecamping area with tables, fire rings, two sets of two stalls each, right off a road. A half hour later, we were back on the trail again, heading back up the Mohawk Trail, which would connect back up to the intersection where we first took the A Trail. A really wonderful ride, arriving back in camp tired and happy at about 5:00. Got everyone settled in, including ourselves, for a much deserved relaxing evening!
What a fabulous ride today! Another good night sleep, another leisurely breakfast, and finally got on the trail a bit after 12:00, having packed snacks for us and oats for the horses. Headed down to the Mohawk trail, then turned left to follow the A trail clockwise. Lots of varied terrain, forests both pine and deciduous, ascents and descents, rocky sections, muddy sections, perfect dirt and pine needle sections. Coming downhill near the southern end of the A Trail it got very muddy, and at one point Apollo stepped right out of one of his Easyboots, not an easy thing to do! Had to stop and pick it up, but it was so muddy I couldn’t see me being able to put it on again until I found some water to clean it up a bit. Shortly thereafter, we came to the halfway point, a lovely parking and horsecamping area with tables, fire rings, two sets of two stalls each, right off a road. A half hour later, we were back on the trail again, heading back up the Mohawk Trail, which would connect back up to the intersection where we first took the A Trail. A really wonderful ride, arriving back in camp tired and happy at about 5:00. Got everyone settled in, including ourselves, for a much deserved relaxing evening!
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