Though it rained for a while in the morning, further making everything soggy (if that's even possible at this point!), the sky started to clear up by late morning, and I determined we were going for a ride, period. Hubby was feeling the best he's felt in a while, so with ponchos secure in our saddle bags (as always), we headed up the road. With all the rain, we figured the side trails would be really sloppy, so we initially stayed on the road, following it back to where it turned from pavement to gravel, then turned around and headed back. We decided to try the same trail I walked yesterday in reverse, just to make the ride a bit more interesting, which, with all the mud and slipperiness, you could say we succeeded. Not deep mud, fortunately, but slippery nonetheless. We stopped briefly at a little peninsula into the lake that had a couple of highlines, and let Lola go for a swim. We finally make it back, finding the sections of horse trail that I missed on my walk yesterday, with lots of dirt on everybody, so I got a bucket of water and sponged everyone down. Just as we finished putting the horses back on their anchors and got back into the RV, we had another tremendous downpour! I thought we were done with rain for the day, but no such luck. Glad we missed it on the trail, though! Not the most interesting ride, but definitely good for the horses, dogs and us, great to be back in the saddle again! No drama, just a great ride, and even little Billy managed to keep up, though we did have to slow down for him a couple of times after some canters on the road. After yesterday's walk and today's ride, this old boy is certainly getting his exercise! The dogs even behaved beautifully when a group of riders passed on the road, for which we were very grateful! A small tree had fallen during the day, but someone from the other group pulled it out of the way, so I guess they got out all right. Settled down for a peaceful night, since all our neighbors for the weekend were long gone. A nice, peaceful but rainy night!
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