Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2013 - Last Ride Day at Brushy Creek

With just this one major trail in the southern half of to do, we headed out after brunch on the SE loop trail, exiting from the eastern trailhead for a change, the re-tracing part of the same trail we did Monday (because we had no choice), then finally split off on to the SE branch of the river. While it was a nice trail, a lot of it paralleled some open fields, so it felt a bit more like riding on someone's farm rather than in the fields. Not quite as interesting as the SW river loop, but a very nice ride nevertheless. The horses have taken to the hackamores like real troopers, and Apollo only tried to rodeo me once, and only half-heartedly at that. The last bit of trail, Creek trail, was a little slippery, but nothing the horses couldn't handle. There was a large tree that was being cut down, the ranger had talked to Hubby about that earlier, but the work was done, just the branches remained, piled up at the base of the trunk, which the lumberjacks decided to let remain. I'm sure it won't take long for the forest to recover! Spent some time packing up and getting ready to leave tomorrow, an early morning and a long day ahead of us!