Nice and quiet here, yeah!! Even though we’re very close to a road, it’s a quiet road with almost no traffic, which was great. Took our first ride today, with a plan in mind, but ended up doing a different route in the end. The horses seemed quite tired (understandable, considering they did over 35 miles last week, almost all of it straight up and down), and, naturally, we started climbing first thing. Lots of rocks here, too, though there were a few sections that were really nice. We had been told that the farther from camp you go, the less used the trails were, and that was exactly the case. Trails were well marked, including a watering hole, and we only missed one turn because the marker was set back into the woods a ways, and a bit overgrown. The map was very comprehensive, a nice change, can’t remember the last time we had a good map! Nevertheless, after several miles in, the horses were really displaying signs of being tired, so we shortened our planned trip and headed back to camp. The full ride was just under 7 miles in the end, quite enough for our first day out. Put the horses out on the anchor for awhile so they could graze before we put them away. Settled in for the evening, both of us feeling tired as well, looking forward to a day off tomorrow.
Nice and quiet here, yeah!! Even though we’re very close to a road, it’s a quiet road with almost no traffic, which was great. Took our first ride today, with a plan in mind, but ended up doing a different route in the end. The horses seemed quite tired (understandable, considering they did over 35 miles last week, almost all of it straight up and down), and, naturally, we started climbing first thing. Lots of rocks here, too, though there were a few sections that were really nice. We had been told that the farther from camp you go, the less used the trails were, and that was exactly the case. Trails were well marked, including a watering hole, and we only missed one turn because the marker was set back into the woods a ways, and a bit overgrown. The map was very comprehensive, a nice change, can’t remember the last time we had a good map! Nevertheless, after several miles in, the horses were really displaying signs of being tired, so we shortened our planned trip and headed back to camp. The full ride was just under 7 miles in the end, quite enough for our first day out. Put the horses out on the anchor for awhile so they could graze before we put them away. Settled in for the evening, both of us feeling tired as well, looking forward to a day off tomorrow.
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