On the Fringe~

Farah waits  & watches!

It was another amazing day.  Not the weather that we used to have in April - not the weather we used to have at all...  But you'll hear no one complaining - we're all too busy out enjoying it!

Joyce, Target - Mel & Jesse

I met up with Joyce & Mel at Bracken.  We were surprised to find the parking lot again Full!  Unusual for a Monday!  On such a day - it's hard to do anything but enjoy each stride, lucky ladies we are - indeed!  Mel plans to attend some rides this season & Joyce will be heading over to Spokane be the timer at Gail's first ride of the season :-)

Bright yellow Skunk Cabbage

Moving out at a good clip - all three horses energetic & taking turns in front!   We'd covered about 8-miles when Joyce & Mel turned to head back.  I decided to go on out to the Whitehorse, check out the river & head over to Green Valley~

The River is LOW!

It's far from usual to see the Stilly so low...  but with no snow pack to melt off & our usual spring rains - yet to arrive - we certainly won't have the water to send any to CA!  I find it a little scary - already - to see this.

Thimbleberry blooms~

Once over the bridge, the thimbleberry was in bloom - all along both sides of the trail!  So pretty & cooler in the shade of the tree canopy.

Farah knows we're going for lunch :-)

I think Farah loves this area as much as I do.  Sometimes I think we both feel like we're on the fringe of things...  We're the odd horse out most of time.  Farah walks big, trots big & moves big - I love riding this mare!  

Where the Whitehorse goes~

 We wandered on a way & did make it out onto the unimproved section of the Whitehorse.  It's going to take so much work & the funds that are getting the trail done up in the Oso & Darrington area, don't seem to be stretching far enough to get the work that needs doing - done - here.

There is the sign though!

From here - 

Here is the Whitehorse Trail...

It gets worse...  totally overgrown all the way to the first of the bridges that have been decked.  Funny actually - we now have four bridges decked, then Public Works went off to do another bridge, that isn't included on the trail.  When that's done - the hope is that they will return to the trail bridges...   Still - getting the bridges done at all - is a wonderful thing - but it would be way more wonderful if the trail could be brushed, the hole filled & this section open.

Lunch spot

We found a beautiful place for our lunch break!  I actually laid on the grass & admired the wind blowing through the tops of the trees...