After a delightfully quiet night of good sleep and a late breakfast, we
saddled up and headed out in the early afternoon for a fairly short
ride. There are only about 5 miles of trails (though the ranger we met
said they've added another one, so it's a bit more now), they were more
like bridle paths than trails to us. Other than a few stretches of
sharp gravel, the trails were quite nice, wide, grassy or dirt most of
the time. They weaved from open fields to dense forest, with a few
steep climbs and descents, but really nice considering how "civilized"
the place is. While most of the park is highly landscaped like a state
park, the woods do provide a nice escape from that, and the fields gave
us a great opportunity to get some good trotting and cantering in. A
very nice ride, albeit relatively short, maybe 90 minutes or so. It's a
small park, but with a nice variety of terrain. After we got back, we
decided we needed to do some chores, including washing the horse trailer
and van, a long overdue job that we did over the waning hours of the
afternoon. Eventually settled down to a quiet evening, having had quite
the full day today!
After a delightfully quiet night of good sleep and a late breakfast, we
saddled up and headed out in the early afternoon for a fairly short
ride. There are only about 5 miles of trails (though the ranger we met
said they've added another one, so it's a bit more now), they were more
like bridle paths than trails to us. Other than a few stretches of
sharp gravel, the trails were quite nice, wide, grassy or dirt most of
the time. They weaved from open fields to dense forest, with a few
steep climbs and descents, but really nice considering how "civilized"
the place is. While most of the park is highly landscaped like a state
park, the woods do provide a nice escape from that, and the fields gave
us a great opportunity to get some good trotting and cantering in. A
very nice ride, albeit relatively short, maybe 90 minutes or so. It's a
small park, but with a nice variety of terrain. After we got back, we
decided we needed to do some chores, including washing the horse trailer
and van, a long overdue job that we did over the waning hours of the
afternoon. Eventually settled down to a quiet evening, having had quite
the full day today!
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