This day, we woke to overcast, high cloud cover & No wind! It was wonderful! To top it off, Dena & her mare Bella made it to camp! Bella & Farah met two-years ago, Bella on her first trail ride & Farah on one of her first trail rides with other horses. The two mares, both standoffish to others, found a friend in each other. Their riders too! :-)
Away north we go~!
Farah by now was confident enough to take the "water" side as we turned north :-) Bella took it all in with perfect aplomb! On the return, Dena moved Bella into her beautiful Canter & the two of them looked so relaxed! Since it was Bella's first time out, we headed back to camp mid-day.
Morning route north, evening "Loop" south
That evening after dinner I rode out with some new friends who I'd met on-line, but never ridden with. They knew where to access the inland trail from the south jetty back in the dunes to camp! Rachelle had a beautiful off-the-track thoroughbred mare! What a site to see her big muscular read-end in a nice hand gallop down the beach! Farah wanted to go too, she hit her big trot & we came up on them at over 13-mph, still trotting :-) On the way back, there were riders who wanted to walk, Farah was full of herself, so we went on alone. Near camp I didn't know which turn to take, so went back out to the beach when I heard the big horn on the truck signal dinner in camp - still to our north!
Later that evening~
After dinner, I asked Butch if he'd be willing to get some video of us & a couple good pictures. The light was fading fast, the tide starting to come in again - more wind, but oh so beautiful...
The tittle of the above video - "About Face" tells the tale! :-)
Our girl started paying attention~
Finally, I wanted a gallop - so we took off to the south -
In just under a mile - we circled back toward Butch.
It felt amazing - room to run - not as fast as we'd both have liked, but a nice long run - FUN! Farah was more willing to walk in the water now, cooling off. All too soon, the setting sun went behind the clouds. The wind felt colder & we headed back to camp~
