Ridin, Ridin, Ridin~

12-mile ride at Kathryn Taylor

Felt darn good to get out on the beautiful wooded trails at Kathryn Taylor.  72-mile drive - round trip, almost three hours saddle time, 12-miles of trail & Farah in the lead for 2.3.  I used the new bit for this adventure & actually - considering how full of herself Farah was & how much I had to rate her - we did OK.  

One of the very nice signposts, damaged by a downed tree~

 The trails were in amazingly good shape considering the rain & wind etc. that we get this time of year.  It was cold in the trees, but out in the sun, it was much warmer & I was removing a layer before we'd gone five-miles.  For late fall & mid-December we couldn't have asked for a nicer afternoon.

Cato & Amanda

 Though both my riding friends had ridden yesterday, the horses were feeling full of themselves, so we had long stretches of nice trotting - Cato & Amanda setting a very nice pace.  When not out front, Sophie was hot on Cato's heels :-) 

A more unusual "between the ears" trail photo :-)

 What I call an "urban" ride;  but after hearing more stories about horse/vehicle accidents that have occurred at the road crossings, I got off & walked most of them.  Today we had several courteous drivers who actually stopped instead of trying to rush the light.

The ground fog was moving in ~

 Even with mostly clear skies, it was almost dark when I pulled in our gate.  Nothing like that good feeling you get after a great ride on a good day with good friends~