First Ride at Bracken Rd. in a Long Time!

Bracken Loop

We met mid-morning at the parking area, no one there.  Headed out for a "Joyce Loop" & covered ten-miles in short order.  Overcast & extremely humid, but we did have a short sun-break.  Not the day that yesterday was!  Trails still muddy in places, but actually beginning to dry out.  First time we'd been here in months.  By the time we got back, the lot was almost full!

I'm using a great saddle borrowed from a friend.  Playing with stirrup length - dropped them so I wouldn't be riding "Like a Jockey!"  But the inside of my knees starting feeling very rubbed & raw.  Before that got too bad, raised them back up a notch & no more knee pain.  Experimenting with pads too, one slipped out from under my mohair blanket - so that combination isn't going to work.  Really liked the borrowed under pad though - may try just that next.

Khari came home feeling good enough to run & buck, so it seems everything was working for her!  :-)