Ride after 2 weeks

Finally get to ride after the rains.  No midweek rides last week.  No rides last weekend.  It's almost been 2 weeks.

Wednesday Zoe did good.  We only had time for about 1 1/2 hour ride.  She did spend some time calling, twice on the way out and 4 times on the way back.  But her attitude was good and her feet weren't doing "bad things".  So it went good.

Thursday Zoe and Sky went out together.  We decided to do the canal trail, figuring that with all the rain the lake will fill up and it will be gone soon.  We decided to go longer tho, got on the canal thru the forest, went towards Sterling Pt, but went past it and jumped up to the Pioneer Express Trail and went home on HSB.  The trail had some water in spots but it was all passable.  Sometimes we had to take a  higher trail that ran next to the lower trail...it was in those spots that Zoe said "I don't know about this"  She had to stop and look carefully at the rocks.  But too bad...no backing out now, we were in the lead and she had to go.  So she went.  It was nothing compared to when she was younger and was "scared" of the rocks and wouldn't go forward.   When we got back the GPS said 7.99 miles-really.  Could I make it 8?  I decided to ride to the hitching post...not 8 yet.  Ride around the picnic tables...didn't even have to go all the way around and I got 8 miles.  Maybe it's cheating...but hey, I didn't get off my horse-I was still riding.