Well, after a week of clearing out the area by the barn, we finally managed to get our monster trailer back there, a challenging process to pass through a narrow area that still had some objects a bit too close by, but we made it! We discovered the electric was on a 15 amp breaker, so we had to do some serious utility management until Jeff could put in a bigger breaker arrangement for us in his spare time (which meant it could take a while! 🙂 Today, though, I was determined to get a ride in with Flash, who hasn't been under saddle since we did the Withlacoochee Trail more than two weeks ago. I got him saddled up, and he was quite willing, probably bored already with doing nothing more than just graze in the yard! We headed out into the neighborhood until we reached the canal crossover, then headed down to the west entrance to Cypress Creek WMA on Mack Dairy Rd. We followed the main trail for the most part, then did a short detour on a trail that was marked "foot traffic only" which usually means no wheeled vehicles, and that was a nice diversion, but when I came back to the main road, it kind of looked like maybe it was meant only for hikers. Not sure, but decided to stay on the main trail anyway, which, like Withlacoochee, is essentially one long straight line, with just a couple of squiggles along the way. We went all the way down to the main parking area across from Jupiter Farms Rd., a little over four miles, a total of 8.46 miles by the time we got back. It took us about an hour to get to the parking lot, then I let him do whatever pace he wanted on the way back, and that turned out to be either a really fast gait or a canter, and we reached Mack Dairy in about 15 minutes! Then he stumbled for a moment, so he slowed down the rest of the way, though he kept wanting to pick up the pace again. This horse does love to run! It was a great first workout here, and I can't wait to get some more in. Only problem is that most of the trails are long and straight and flat, so not very interesting, but Flash is doing his best to keep my on my toes! We didn't have to dialyze today, so Hubby and I just relaxed for the rest of the day, glad to have a day off!
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