Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020 – First Ride Day at McClellan

Hey Babe!
Despite the fact that a waning tropical storm came through overnight, I never heard a thing with my earplugs in, and the trailer never shuddered in the wind, so it didn’t seem too bad. There were some limbs down around the camping area, but not much. I did my chores, worked on my computer for a bit, then the skies cleared up and it turned into a beautiful day, so I saddled up Flash, who seems to be back in fine condition, and we headed out on one of the trails. I quickly abandoned it, however, because even though it was designated a major trailhead, I only got about 100 feet before the trail petered out to nothing, and I wasn’t in the mood to go cross country, so I decided to go back and stick to what are essentially forest roads. The map is very detailed, with elaborate names for every side trail, but every one of them is marked as yellow. The intersections are well-marked, with names for every trail and a letter for every intersection, but I found that I had to keep my map in my hand the whole time just to keep track of where I was, and that became a bit tedious after awhile. I would like to have just said I’m going to take the blue trail to the green trail, etc., but that wasn’t possible. Again, the locals that come here a lot would find it very easy to learn, but for a newcomer, it wasn’t quite as enjoyable as I would have liked. Most of the roads I went on had quite a bit of gravel (Flash had his boots on, of course), and there were quite a few trees down, so I guess the wind was stronger than I thought, or maybe some were down before, I don’t know. Just before I reached camp, though, there was a massive tree right across the main road that looked like it brought a couple of other trees with it, and that road goes down to the area where they’re doing a lot of the work of clearing, so I imagine that will be the one they’ll have to tackle first. It was a nice ride anyway, Flash did just fine, and was full of energy after having so much time off, so we made good time. Once I put them away, fed them, and put their blankets one (it’s supposed to get down to the low 50’s tonight), I settled down for the evening. I finished off the rest of that limited series Queen’s Gambit, it was quite an enjoyable piece of entertainment, but of course, the main character had to go through a bout with drugs and alcohol before she achieved success, which seems to be the only plot Hollywood can come up with these days. But it’s over now, and it’s time for shower and bed! Good night, sweetie! Love you!

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