After a slow start to the day, we finally got the horses loaded up and heading out the Pedernales Park, where we had estimated the 8 mile ride would take just under 3 hours, so we carefully timed it out so that we would be finished by 4, so that we would have time to get to my niece’s basketball game. The best laid plans, however… We arrived to discover that the parking area next to the trailhead where the planned ride would begin didn’t allow horse trailers to park there (go figure). We were only allowed to park in the same north parking lot that we parked in last time. The only problem with that was that it added a couple of miles (and thus almost another hour) to the ride, which meant we wouldn’t be done in time. After much discussion, logic and pleading (not to mention the park was practically empty anyway), we lost the argument to a bureaucrat worrying about liability. I thought Texas was better than this, but alas, the liability avoidance routine has spread even here. We got a refund and headed home, spend the rest of the afternoon in mundane routine stuff, then headed to the b-ball game, which her team won (the first win we’ve seen since we’ve been here!) I trust we’ll have better luck riding tomorrow, but it won’t be back at Pedernales!
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