I haven’t been able to keep up with photos or anything this week, too busy riding and getting everything done.
I’m sure those of you who have been to multidays know what it is like. It’s a lot of work to take care of yourself and two horses plus ride 50 miles a day and have very much time left for anything else.
I’ve been having a great week so far and have ridden Chief 150 miles (wow, already!?!). He is doing very well and I am thoroughly enjoying every minute of it. I have so many great memories riding my horses on these trails. Chief also has memories as it is clearly obvious that he remembers the trails. This year we haven’t been able to do one of the passes and whenever we pass by that area where the turn would have been Chief lets me know it by turning his head and neck and repeatedly looking, as if to ask “are you sure we’re going right?”. He is a pretty smart horse and I have to give him credit for doing that. He also has alerted me to sighting a big buck the other day and wild horses today. His ears are like radar!
I have so many photos but the internet has been iffy so I won’t even try to post them yet. The wildflowers this year are about the best I remember ever seeing on this ride. Lots of grass for the horses, and fantastic scenery. Riders from all over are having a great time and enjoying the ride.
This is a challenging ride with lots of climbing. Tons of hills – with long, long downhills so each day the numbers are dwindling. We have still had a really good turnout all things considered. Today there were around 60 riders. I’ll try to get the results posted as soon as I can. We’ve been giving some stuff to Steve Bradley to send on so check ridecamp for more info there.
Tomorrow is the fourth day already – looks like I’ll be taking Chief again as long as some dumb thing doesn’t happen overnight. He started to develop scratches but I got on it right away and it’s better today and he so far has not (knocking on wood) been bothered by them which is good. He has been walking really fast especially once he knows he’s heading back to camp so we’ve been making pretty good time especially on the climbs and the downhills. I stay on since he can out walk me.
Today Chief got a bit (understatement) wound up coming down the stage trail when several riders passed us trotting. He knew he was going back to camp and that just got him hot-wired. Silly boy! He has been doing fantastic taking care of himself though. I walk him every hour around camp and he drinks at least twice (there is a lot of water placed around camp) sometimes up to four times. Plus he’s been drinking and eating super well at the trailer, and on the trail. I couldn’t ask for more out of a horse.
Looking forward to another great day on the trail tomorrow. Nite all!
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