Solo Ride

I couldn't take being chained to a desk any longer at work. We have had 5 days now in the mid-high 80's! It is usually much cooler this time of year here in MN. They where talking rain from Friday-next Wednesday so I had to take off and take advantage of the dry sunshiny weather. I did what I could to find someone that wanted to get out of work as well and wanted to go for an afternoon ride. No one could get off or had other plans but I wasn't going to let that stop me. So at 10am I headed home, hooked up, changed, and loaded Marley into the trailer. I have been just dying to try out this park I had heard nothing but good things about. It is a county park so there isn't much if any information online about it. I feel I accomplished a huge feet for me yesterday, got the dually out of the garage and didn't crack a fender, hooked up on the first try, and drove all the way to the park and back without an issue! We met combines with huget heads on the road, had to slow way down and take the shoulder and even a house coming down the hwy. Once to the park I took all the precausions of trying out a new trail, support wraps on all 4s and our cavallo boots. I had heard that the trails had some rigorus hills to them and that it would be rocky so I wanted to be prepared for the worst. The trails where narrow, but fun, I am glad I did prep for the worst cause all that equipment was needed. One thing is for sure I wouldn't take an out of conditioned horse on those trails, up, down, bending, backing, you name it Marley and I did it. There where a few small trees down or limbs that Marley had to push through, it was the only way to get through the trail. It wasn't very well maintained but can't expect much for a county park. In several spots we lost the trail due to all the leaves but either found it again or made our own :) I am sure glad that I was able to enjoy the afternoon on the back of a wonderful partner and also the beautiful fall day the Lord gave us. Sorry for all the pictures but I had to share our day with you the best I could. The last picture was a bit of a sense of humor. Oh almost forgot to share, on one of the hills I had lost my camera, I had an idea in the area it would have fallen off. So I had to get off and hike up the hill and we had to back back down it because there was no room to turn around. But as you can see I found it so I could share our quiet inventure alone. The picure with the water with Marleys ears is where we had to cross to get to the trails on the other side. He hesitated a bit and then went. Oh I should probably tell you where we went...Beaver Falls County Park. It use to be an old town, now it is just a township

Marley & Dana