Sunday, Sept. 29, 2013 – Last Ride Day at Southwood, Busy Trails

Did our best to try to ride every bit of trail here today to finish it off, including one linear trail that took us to a picnic area, only got off track once at an unmarked intersection and ended up cutting a corner a bit, but other than that, it was a fabulous ride! You couldn’t have asked for better weather, and the trails were in perfect condition. Most of the trails here are more “bridle path” style, wide enough for two, with good footing all around. There were a few places that had rough gravel, which the horses avoided as much as possible, though there was little room along the side of the trail so we were having to push branches out of the way a bit, but overall, it was very enjoyable! So even though there aren’t a LOT of trails here by most standards, the ones they do have are very nice, and have enough variety to keep it interesting. There were actually a lot of other riders out today, this morning several other horse trailers came in to the camping area to day ride (tsk, tsk), plus there was one or two at the day parking area, so we had company on the trails, though we only passed one other couple, than ran into another group just as we were heading down the road back to camp. Back in camp two girls discovered they had a low tire on their pickup, so Hubby helped them out with his air compressor and had a nice chat with them for a while. Finished off the rest of the laundry, at last, did a few preparation chores for our move tomorrow, and finally settled down for the evening.