Hi Babe,
Didn’t get to bed until after midnight last night, then woke up around 4:30, read for awhile, then fell back to sleep and didn’t wake up until nearly 9:00! What’s up with that? Did my chores, then got involved with a bunch more OTL paperwork before I was finally able to saddle up Flash, load him in the small trailer and drive down to the southern end of Dupuis near the boardwalk, where we departed down the trail past the sheep shearer’s cabins. We went all the way to Corbett, following the fabulously and permanently marked pink trail, Anita and Scott and their crew did a GREAT job. I only had to add one paint splotch, and that was only because it looked like the mower cleared a bit off to one side and could have been mistaken for a turn, and there was only one short pink spot there, so I put another one about 20 yards further on as a confidence marker. I also opened the cable gate to make sure that the combination worked, which it did, then painted from that water stop up to the beginning of the FTA orange trail. I only put a few ribbons out at the water stop, just because I’m sure some riders will still turn right, despite the multiple times I’ve mentioned the route has changed and they have to turn left, but hopefully they won’t be able to miss the ribbons and get it right. If the north end of Dupuis is marked as well as the south end, I may not even ride it on Friday, I may just trailer down with Jeff to the water stop/take out point and ride into Corbett from there. I still need to mark a short stretch from the Gopher Canal to the Tomato Grade, and there are a couple of changes I want to make along the east side, and I may just do that on the day. But I still have to do Saturday morning’s ride, not sure how we did that last time. Most of it is marked permanently already, but I remember putting some markers out there, just can’t remember if I did it during the ride or some other time. Weird. Anyway, we didn’t get on the trail until nearly 1:00, and made it back to the small trailer by 4:30, so we were back in camp right at 5:00. Spoke to Anita for a bit, then fed the horses and settled down for the night, finally feeling a bit more relaxed. Nothing like a long ride in the wilderness to calm one’s soul! Like they say, there’s nothing like the outside of a horse is good for the inside of a man (or woman, of course!), and it did the trick for me, as usual. After a relaxing evening (and a comatose dog, Lola had to run most of the way to keep up, as Flash was full of it today!), I’m more than ready for my shower and bed. Good night, my darlin’! Love you!
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