It is a gorgeous time of year here, if a bit dry. Ms. GY and I loaded up the boys on Friday and went to San Felasco. I had been
with Yoshi, but Ben had never gone. It's a pretty heavily used state park that has biking, hiking, and equestrian trails. A few are shared use, but for the most part the horses and bikes are kept separate. That's definitely a good thing because the trails can be quite winding and narrow, and I'm honestly not sure how the cyclists don't run into each other.
Ben was PERFECT!!! He was definitely a bit confused. I have taken him for one other off property trail ride with Ms. GY, but 99.9% of our trips are to go jump or dressage somewhere. He had his alert ears on and was surveying side to side most of the time, but was a really, really good boy.
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Starting out - he was fairly suspicious of all the signs we passed, we joked he was reading them and learning the routes |
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The first part of the trails are a little deep because they're the most used |
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There is SUCH varied terrain here, it is fun |
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Keeping one ear on the woods |
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And then the trail narrowed a bit |
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We chose to fork right |
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To get to this big field and have a trot and canter |
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Sooo pretty |
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Before heading back into some pine forest |
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Which transitioned to include some live oaks |
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He liked the openness of these woods better than the thick underbrush we started in |
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Live oaks <3 |
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Then we opened up to the power line cut |
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And moseyed down the fairly steep hill |
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Then turned back to home through thicker woods again |
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Starting to get the golden afternoon light |
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More pine cushioned trails |
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Shared use cyclist trail by some wetlands that weren't very wet right now |
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Hanging back at the trailer, staring at Ms. GY's horse in the distance as she hosed him off |
He only spooked once when a cyclist buzzed up behind us pretty quickly, totally justified. I think it was great for him to go somewhere and just mosey, I'd like to do it a lot more this winter. San Felasco is pretty extensive, I have taken trail rides that last all morning there, so there's a lot more for us to explore. AND its only about 20 minutes from the barn.
That looks so fun - I really miss trail riding!
ReplyDeleteWe're so lucky to have a lot of places close to us. I'm delighted that Ben was actually fun to trail ride on too lol
Deletelooks like a beautiful place to ride!!
ReplyDeleteIt is really beautiful, quite busy on weekends though, but a great weekday spot.
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