RAC (Ride-A-Curly) Adventure Blog

New England has been hammered with natural disasters this past week --   on top of flooding, a week of un-natural heat - then sudden cold -- tornado's devastated many towns ... bizarre !!  At any rate -- Zoe and I managed to get out for a few trots with our dynamic duo.. the T man and Keri.  Poor Keri suffers from spring time allergies and this year the pollen is at a dangerous all time high...

ONe of the days -- we just poked around changing our minds on the route several times along the way -- trotted up my little mountain. crossed over along the back -- to loop around through a neighbor's property that has been recently logged off. The trails are pretty much hidden under brush and debris.. but we can peck our way through in the general direction.

One positive about clearing a forest is the view you gain...

I personally hate it though when the loggers make these log 'bridges'  for their skidders along "our" trails.

The horses have to be very careful when they cross these -- don't want to get a hoof caught in between.

As we were trotting down the forest trail -- we heard a quick little scurrying to the right ... a silly porcupine .. they are quick - and fast climbers too. By the time I got my camera out -- this little fellow was already half way up the tree.

I tried to get a close up ...  very shy - he keeps circling to the back of the tree.

Sometimes, when we find we have the time for a quick trip -- we can never decide where we want to go.  This day - we had limited time.. we decided to try what we call the school bus trail which hooks onto several options. We picked the fastest route -- just for the treat of being in the saddle. 

Part of this trail is snowmobile trail.  We travel up here quite a bit in winter -- and have also taken this trail with the cart part of the way.   To the left is where they park all the school buses -- up to the right is the school bus 'graveyard' :)  

Eventually - we come out into this beautiful field.

I took a bit of video - in an attempt to capture how the wind was rippling the grass like waves -- I felt like I might be on the great prairies of the mid west for a minute :)  I am not sure you can really see that on the video -- but pretty none-the -less.  It's actually kind of cold today for June -- and there is even a frost warning !

Now, let's see if we can remember where to turn - there are a few dead ends in here - which we found out when exploring a few years back to find the trail we are headed for --

The trail is a fun one -- twists and turns, up and down -- a couple of choices... and it comes out onto a dead end dirt road ..

Which exits directly across from Hidden Valley pond.

  So pretty today.

As we trot by - mama and papa goose slip silently into the water...  every year they raise a family here.

Time to get home -- we trot and canter happily down the back roads.. another fun ride - although short and quick.

I guess we need to find our joy somehow, somewhere~ even when there is suffering in these crazy times ... and for us it's usually hiding in the saddle :)   Sending prayers to those who lost their homes ..

Betsy, Keri, Zoe and Teasel in Vermont.