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Monday, May 2, 2016 – First Ride Day at General Coffee State Park

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Billy investigates a turtle

Billy investigates a turtle

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After a weekend of doing laundry and resting Hubby's hurt shoulder, plus a short trip down to the trading post to extend out stay until Thursday, we decided Hubby was fit enough to try a short ride today, so we saddled up the horses and headed out on the trails with both dogs, with temps in the mid-80's and a bit humid. They really do have nice trails here!. Pretty thick woods but a nice, well-used trail that's mostly wide enough for two, but still mostly in the shade, which was greatly appreciated today! Sand and leaves for footing, and there are a number of good places to trot and canter, though we did neither because it jarred Hubby's shoulder too much. He's thinking now that maybe he actually bruised the bone, rather than just muscles, so we're going to put him back in a brace when we get back to camp. Two hours and five miles later, we arrived back at camp, where crazy Lola tried to get into the horses' water bucket to cool off. Little Billy had found a nice dirty puddle someplace, so I had to rinse him off at the faucet before letting him in the RV. Had some lunch, and then some rain came in a few minutes later, so great timing! Put the horses out on their anchors so they could graze in the field next to us. One thing I have to say about this place, no one has fussed at us about anything, not the dogs, not the horses, nothing, making it a very pleasant stay so far! This place really is a well-kept secret, there's very little evidence that it's being used very often, so it quite peaceful, though we are just off a highway so we can hear traffic occasionally, and the sites have a slight slope to them, but otherwise, it's all great!