With such a grueling labor-intensive Saturday, we made plans to ride on Sunday, which also happens to be Skip's sweet 16th birthday. We had originally wanted to ride to another restaurant located at the edge of Patapsco River State Park, but there are no hitching posts and the proprietor also is not keen on horses tied to the dumpster.
We changed the destination, going instead to Gunpowder Falls State Park. This ride is a two-bar minimum. It's about an hour's drive to the park, so we had to get moving.
A delightful spring day, mostly sunny, blooming Virginia Blue Bells next to the Gunpowder River, lots of pedestrians out on this beautiful Palm Sunday.
While at the second tavern I was coming out of the ladies room and a guy was looking out the window, laughing out loud. He turned to the table with his lunch guests and said, "there's horses tied up outside!"
Little kids were running from the playground swing set to the horses and back, again and again. One little girl was pulling grass up and throwing it at the horses.
The last hour in the saddle was spent getting misplaced and lost, and blowing past our final turn. We got home around 7:00 p.m. Long day, long day in the saddle. Wouldn't trade that for anything, except maybe hitting the lottery!
Great pictures! I can just see the little kids excitement (as well as the big kids) seeing horses tied up outside. It's so great you have so many places you can ride. What a beautiful countryside it must be. Hope you have a huge tub with lots of hot water after all those hours in the saddle :-)
ReplyDeleteWe really are lucky here. So many opportunities to ride. The Maryland Horse Council is a great organization - it is not just for Race Horses! We have miles and hours of trails available and mostly not flat. Some trails are 'extreme' riding.
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