Archives for December 2014

After a couple of days of rest, we saddled up to take another ride today, this time heading south on Black Canyon Trail, which we haven't done since the first ride we took here. Tried to find an alternate route, but our first attempt didn't work out. Looked it up later on Google Earth to learn where we should have gone, so we'll know for next time. Once we reached the pipeline head by the road, instead of crossing, we ran north on the main road for a short distance before picking up a Forest Road that skirted around above the wash, which was lovely. We stopped at a rock outcropping for a quick apple before heading out again. As I suspected, the road ran into the road that takes us up to the mountains on the east side, and we dropped down into the wash and took that back to the ranch. A very nice ride, no drama, thank goodness. Gave the horses a bath when we got back, the dumbest job at any ranch, since it only lasts about one minute once the horses are let back into their paddock, even though we did let them stand around to dry for some time. A lovely ride! Managed to get some writing in when we got back as well, so a productive day as well.