So today Vickey and I headed back out to ride. No agenda, just a ride. Jon lost his hatband running around the desert on Tuesday, so he came to go back out and retrace our route from Tuesday to find it. So he went one way, and we went another.
The horses were good. We got to the area where all those coyotes were a couple days before, and Dakota (who was leading) was being VERY cautious. He remembered. And he was gonna be really careful not to get eaten. But, we didn't see anybody.
We ended up doing a longer loop on account of it was such a nice day. We did 10 miles, and, we did it "backwards" from the way we normally do it. IT is amazing how it looks like a completely different trail when you go the other way around. In one section, back in the back, there was a big area that had lots of freshly uprooted trees. Big trees. WE think a micro-burst, or the 80MPH winds we had the previous week, must have taken all of them out. Shame, too. Big trees and cactus just turned over in place. At least we only saw a couple of Saguaro that got killed. Those dudes are TOUGH. Amazing, as their root system is only about 8 inches long.
Santana was pretty good. I had to get after him to walk off faster when he took the lead. I can feel him wanting to gait, but not quite sure how to put it all together. We attend a LArry Whitesell clinic in MArch, which should be invaluable to both of us in that endeavor.
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