After an excellent week working with our client, but with lousy weather most of the time, we finally had a break, with a couple of days of unseasonably warm temps, in the upper 70's. Yesterday we had some outside chores to do, but by today, we made time to go riding. Our neighbor told me about a park she had heard about but never been to, and after researching it a bit, we decided to give it a try, as it was much closer than some of the other parks we were thinking about, and since we got a late start, the closer the better. We headed out following my GPS, which, unfortunately, took us to the wrong side of the park with no entrance, but I managed to get us back on the right track, pulling into the parking lot about 1:00. We didn't notice the sign for horse trailer parking until after we had parked along the fence, but decided it wasn't worth moving since we had already gotten the horses out. We saddled and booted them up, and were on the trail by 1:25. I had vaguely worked out a trail on my GPS based on what I could see, but then we passes a trail map placard, and saw there was another section, making it like a figure eight. I was glad to see that, as my map had only been about 3.5 miles, and the extra loop would bring it up to about 5 miles, a little more worthwhile. We headed out counter-clockwise, happy the trail was almost entirely single track. Some sections were all dirt, others crossed sections of rock, so we were glad we had boots on. Despite a lot of open space, the trail ran mostly through the trees, making it a very pleasant ride. The horses were great, obviously glad to be out of the boring pasture, not a bit of drama, despite the fact we crossed paths with a number of cyclists and several hikers along the way. A very enjoyable ride! Got back in two hours, and we headed back to the house, settling down for the evening, thoroughly glad we found a new trail to ride!
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