Another fabulous ride here at Pine Marten! This place definitely goes toward the top of the list of favorite places, one we would certainly make an effort to return to. Today we took our longest ride in quite a while, about 9.5 miles long, including most of the Ironjaw Loop and half the Swan Loop, which took us past numerous lakes, through all kinds of forest, up and down a few hills, with lots of opportunities to trot and canter. There hasn’t been a cloud in the sky for days, and even though today was the warmest day we’ve had, it was still quite comfortable, probably in the low 80’s, with a nice breeze cooling things down even more. The horses were great, and seemed to really enjoy themselves, having had a rest yesterday. We stopped along Swan Lake (I just HAD to get to that trail while we were here : -) for a drink of water at a marked watering hole and shared apples with each other and the horses, resting for a bit halfway through the ride, then carried on from there. What a perfect day! Got back around 4:00, got everyone settled in, pretty much finished up the water in the rain barrel, so we’ll have to get at least one or two more buckets from the hand pump before we leave. We probably would have had enough for the week if the water tank in the horse trailer hadn’t developed a leak, we lost half of that before we discovered it, but saved what we could. I’m thinking about getting another portable rain barrel, just to insure we can get a full week (or maybe even two, as we head out to the desert and plains areas, where water is at a premium), and I can hopefully get it delivered to the place we’ll be staying at the end of the month. This is the first time we’ve done it this way with the new rain barrel, and it’s been working out great. Had a quiet evening, though we have a list of chores for tomorrow as we get ready to depart tomorrow.
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