We were at Sandra's this morning - feeling like progress is being made in spite of a really BIG buck that Sandra rode! She was asking for a collected entry to canter & Farah said; "You want me to WHAT?!" But - after a calm down - Sandra asked again & it was really fun to witness how Farah put it together & did it! Success!
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| Newly painted Barn~ |
After, since the day had actually warmed up nicely & I had the time, we headed up to the Nakashima trail head. Only one car there, we crossed the paved parking & the new little bridge to access the trail. I'd heard that the horse path to the side of the paved trail was soft & that was correct. In places it was soft, in others we could do some trotting. I hesitate to even mention how beautiful it was... Quiet! Far enough away from Hwy 9 that there was NO traffic noise at all! How wonderful was that?
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| Farah checking things out~! |
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My goal was the Bryant Store crossing on Hwy 9. About half way is the new bridge over the Pilchuck River.
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| Beautiful views of the river too~ |
The decking is lightweight concrete so has a hollow sound when you're crossing - No Problem after Mark's trail course! There is also a metal transition strip at each end - Farah stepped right on it - hear the "ring" & again No problem :-)
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| Looking at the crossing~ |
We made it to the crossing in no time, just over four-miles. Traffic was picking up - it was later in the afternoon & light rain was starting to fall, so we turned back.
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| Looking at the bridge as we head back north~ |
Farah knew we were headed back, so the pace picked up :-) Two bicycle riders came up on us & Farah wanted to race - we picked up the gallop & the bike riders said they didn't mind the galloping mare along side them :-)
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| View of the Trail head from the trail~ |
Our return trip went quick! The trail continues on north, unimproved - so I want to try that next to see how far it goes. Really enjoyable, a gem for the County!
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