After a night of Hubby having to get up and treating his itches several times, we had a relaxing breakfast, then saddled up for our first exploratory ride. We decided to take the two shorter loops combined, the Farmers Trace and the Moonlight Vista Trails. Once we found the trailhead (always a challenge, trailheads and intersections are the most poorly marked for some reason!), we started out on a mostly dirt trail, that had patches of mud along about 30 percent of it, so it was sloppy, but at least it wasn’t gravel!! It was mostly flat, but did wind through forest and fields, so we were able to get a few canters in. A very nice ride, about two hours or so, and it was just what we and the horses needed. One the back of one loop there’s a nice picnic area with a hitching rail and table, so we took a short break there to soak in the atmosphere. We got back to camp in time to see three women in two rigs setting up, Rhonda, Brenda (sisters) and Charlie. They live about 45 minutes north of here, but try to go camping together 3-4 times a year. I had a nice chat with them before heading back home for dinner and a relaxing evening. Hubby’s been trying something new on his itches, some leftover Biofreeze I had in the medicine cabinet, which is actually for deep muscle pain but has a very cooling effect on the skin as well, and that seems to be helping. Don’t have much left, though, but I saw something like it in the health food store yesterday, so we may be going back there on Tuesday when we go into town to have lunch with our friends (which is the reason we came to Dayton in the first place!)
After a night of Hubby having to get up and treating his itches several times, we had a relaxing breakfast, then saddled up for our first exploratory ride. We decided to take the two shorter loops combined, the Farmers Trace and the Moonlight Vista Trails. Once we found the trailhead (always a challenge, trailheads and intersections are the most poorly marked for some reason!), we started out on a mostly dirt trail, that had patches of mud along about 30 percent of it, so it was sloppy, but at least it wasn’t gravel!! It was mostly flat, but did wind through forest and fields, so we were able to get a few canters in. A very nice ride, about two hours or so, and it was just what we and the horses needed. One the back of one loop there’s a nice picnic area with a hitching rail and table, so we took a short break there to soak in the atmosphere. We got back to camp in time to see three women in two rigs setting up, Rhonda, Brenda (sisters) and Charlie. They live about 45 minutes north of here, but try to go camping together 3-4 times a year. I had a nice chat with them before heading back home for dinner and a relaxing evening. Hubby’s been trying something new on his itches, some leftover Biofreeze I had in the medicine cabinet, which is actually for deep muscle pain but has a very cooling effect on the skin as well, and that seems to be helping. Don’t have much left, though, but I saw something like it in the health food store yesterday, so we may be going back there on Tuesday when we go into town to have lunch with our friends (which is the reason we came to Dayton in the first place!)
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