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| Full Parking Lot |
It seemed
crazy today to look at the Calendar & still see the month of March! With days like these, it's hard to do anything but ride! From the trailers at the Bracken parking - obviously other riders were of
like mind! I have to be so thankful that I have the places I do to ride. Not as many as I'd like, with the foothills we have - especially with the heavy logging that's keeping me off the higher roads. Enough though - that we can mix it up.
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| Bridge over Harvey Creek~ |
We didn't see anyone that we knew, this ride was on our own anyway. Bracken isn't that large, but large enough that we only saw two other riders. I hailed, think I recognized one rider - they continued on at the trot :-) With all the buds opening - the woods have become a wonderland of pale greens.
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| Tree broken off~ |
With the work party coming up in another week, there are still a couple trees to be cut. It's easy enough to get around this one. After doing the heavily used section of the Centennial Trail yesterday - it was much more relaxing to be in the woods.
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| Farah checks out the water~ |
I decided that I was plenty tired of Farah spooking each & every time we come to the water tank. I made all the noise I could hitting the tank with my stick & boot, scooting it around, then pushing the button that starts the pump. After dancing, prancing, snorting, blowing etc. she realized that I wasn't going to go until she gave it up! She finally played a little in the water - I splashed some at her & when we were done, she shook like a dog :-)
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| On the Whitehorse~ |
We did eventually go to the Whitehorse. Big thanks to the Park Rangers for getting all the trees cut that had been blown across. Once at Cloverdale, I let Farah graze - the grass is so thick now that she stayed within 20-ft of me & never lifted her head.
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| Horse Heaven~ |
Absolutely no one around, just a light breeze in the trees. The dandelions seemed to glow in the bright sunshine. It was Very warm too - I knew it had to be well above 70.
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| Cloverdale Farm~ |
We went over to the far side of the field & on through the woods to the river. It was lower than I expected, but beautiful. The land to the east, is being cleared, trees uprooted & piles burning. Heaven forbid for development - but with proximity to the Whitehorse Trail & the river, I can see that happening...
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| North fork of the Stillaquamish |
I am
So anxious to get the trail pushed through east - to at least 530... It's on the
CTCSC agenda, but getting any
official commitment to a completion date, is a on-going struggle. Now that we have the bridge at French Creek to replace, at a huge cost - a date is further on the horizon than ever.
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| Heading back~ |
It was almost 4:30 by the time we were back at the trailer, only two others still there & two cars with bike racks. Lucky we are - getting this extended break in what's been a very wet spring!
