3/28/16 /Just the Three of Us

Things I saw, and liked today 

This very large lonely tree, just hanging out in the middle of a clear cut 

The most wonderful bridge, made safe for the ponies by the Enduro Club,, they are the bomb !!  :)

beautiful Powder <3

never ride alone with these two,,,, my homies :) 

Awh ,,, what a treat,, to end the ride with

6.5 miles did some exploring to, went across the Super Bridge and checked stuff out !!! 

3-26-16 Ivy's Ride

The first trail ride on Ivy ~ 

that is after she was taken off 

Crack Gograin !!!

Nice little 6.8 miles 

I talked Mel into coming with me, thankfully she could pull it off. 

Mel and Powder, :)

The weather was great, no rain, even a little warmer than what we

thought it would be. 

 Ivy lost a shoe, so we had to supply
her with a boot, but she did 
great !!  

Ivy, has been training in the arena for about 6 weeks, and she was ready for some real riding.  She did very well, other than loosing a shoe.  She went out front, and she followed at a nice distance too. 

All in all, she was quiet and calm, the whole way, 6.8 miles. 

We checked out the new bridge that the Enduro Club put in, WOW they did an awesome job !!  

Mel, got along with Powder great too, she did wonderful :)

Ivy was a little stink eyed at Traveler, but Trav must have gotten the vibe, that she wasn't wanting to be BFF's and kept his distance.  

3-20-16 1st Day of Spring

First trail ride in over a month 

Rainy day, wet gear day.. 

if we didn't ride in the rain,, we wouldn't ride at all... that is, here in western Washington.

Powder has been off for a little over a month, ever since she took a bad step into a pretty deep hole with both back legs.  I checked her out before we hauled out, and she was moving real nice and seemed very comfortable. Our ride was at the Mima trail, Equine Loop, very benign, very groomed trails, pony in the park easy. We kept it short, only 5.4 miles, it rained pretty much the whole ride, but hey, that is why they make rain gear !!!  ;)  

http://www.mapmywalk.com/workout/1393740763

MTD  72.39

2/9/16 Sneaked Out of Work Early

We three amigos !!!  

Our boss let us leave work early today!!  We did get all our work done too.. ;)    

Trav, was so happy, kiss please.. 

As Amy says,,, instead of the proverbial, between the ears shot, I went with a from over the rear shot !!  

It was a short ride today, only 5.6 miles,, but it was perfect in every little tiny way !!! 

If you look at this long enough,,, it looks like a bunny rabbit's nose...   well it did to me !!  

Goofy, I know, but it made me smile,, it's the little stuff..

2/8/16 Found Some Holes

Heading out to immerse ourselves in this most beautiful day !!!!

Mel, probably wishes she had taken me up on the ibuprofen before we took off,   but she is a little stubborn like that.. ;)  

We found the most stupendous trail, the only disappointing part is that we also found a hole in the trail and it isn't is a place you can by pass .... creek on one side, and swamp on the other... 

I hope all the Enduro guys see it and hopefully fix it,,, I plugged up the largest part with a 3 ft. long alder round, that I had to flip end over end to get it down the trail to the hole. All it will do is let people know to slow up and see there is an issue or obstacle. 

Our joy before we found the hole...

 

1/31/16 Last Weekend of January

Rode with me seester all week end !!!  Tons of fun :) 

1/30-31/2016 
1/30/16  Saturday was a 7.1 mile day

Almost back to the trailer, and it started to rain,,, it's all good !

 It rained on us a little at the beginning of our ride and a little at the end, but all points in between were great.  

Mel got along splendidly with Brown Pony :)  



1/31/16 Sunday  8.4 miles today

It looked to be turning out well in the weather department.  So we decided to hit the trail again.  

The rain has made for some wet trails, but the footing is good and solid.  

1/24/16 1st Sunny Day in a Week

1/24/16

The plan was stay home and do much needed work,,, 

but the sun came out to play, and I just couldn't say no.. 

I headed west out of the parking area, then north after about a mile or so I headed east across the ol' RR grade.  I did some exploring on some old road that I figured would reconnect me to some trails.  All in all it was a 10.9 mile day with lots of exploring.  Rode some new area the smaller loop on the east side of the map is all new to me.