Another fabulous ride here at Pine Marten! This place definitely
goes toward the top of the list of favorite places, one we would
certainly make an effort to return to. Today we took our longest ride
in quite a while, about 9.5 miles long, including most of the Ironjaw
Loop and half the Swan Loop, which took us past numerous lakes, through
all kinds of forest, up and down a few hills, with lots of opportunities
to trot and canter. There hasn't been a cloud in the sky for days, and
even though today was the warmest day we've had, it was still quite
comfortable, probably in the low 80's, with a nice breeze cooling things
down even more. The horses were great, and seemed to really enjoy
themselves, having had a rest yesterday. We stopped along Swan Lake (I
just HAD to get to that trail while we were here : -) for a drink of
water at a marked watering hole and shared apples with each other and
the horses, resting for a bit halfway through the ride, then carried on
from there. What a perfect day! Got back around 4:00, got everyone
settled in, pretty much finished up the water in the rain barrel, so
we'll have to get at least one or two more buckets from the hand pump
before we leave. We probably would have had enough for the week if the
water tank in the horse trailer hadn't developed a leak, we lost half of
that before we discovered it, but saved what we could. I'm thinking
about getting another portable rain barrel, just to insure we can get a
full week (or maybe even two, as we head out to the desert and plains
areas, where water is at a premium), and I can hopefully get it
delivered to the place we'll be staying at the end of the month. This
is the first time we've done it this way with the new rain barrel, and
it's been working out great. Had a quiet evening, though we have a list
of chores for tomorrow as we get ready to depart tomorrow.
Another fabulous ride here at Pine Marten! This place definitely
goes toward the top of the list of favorite places, one we would
certainly make an effort to return to. Today we took our longest ride
in quite a while, about 9.5 miles long, including most of the Ironjaw
Loop and half the Swan Loop, which took us past numerous lakes, through
all kinds of forest, up and down a few hills, with lots of opportunities
to trot and canter. There hasn't been a cloud in the sky for days, and
even though today was the warmest day we've had, it was still quite
comfortable, probably in the low 80's, with a nice breeze cooling things
down even more. The horses were great, and seemed to really enjoy
themselves, having had a rest yesterday. We stopped along Swan Lake (I
just HAD to get to that trail while we were here : -) for a drink of
water at a marked watering hole and shared apples with each other and
the horses, resting for a bit halfway through the ride, then carried on
from there. What a perfect day! Got back around 4:00, got everyone
settled in, pretty much finished up the water in the rain barrel, so
we'll have to get at least one or two more buckets from the hand pump
before we leave. We probably would have had enough for the week if the
water tank in the horse trailer hadn't developed a leak, we lost half of
that before we discovered it, but saved what we could. I'm thinking
about getting another portable rain barrel, just to insure we can get a
full week (or maybe even two, as we head out to the desert and plains
areas, where water is at a premium), and I can hopefully get it
delivered to the place we'll be staying at the end of the month. This
is the first time we've done it this way with the new rain barrel, and
it's been working out great. Had a quiet evening, though we have a list
of chores for tomorrow as we get ready to depart tomorrow.
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