Salt Lake City?!?

 I’ve been recording my “horseback miles” in a 1900 mi Pony Express Challenge,  retracing the route of the original Pony Express Trail. Twoie’s success has put me (figuratively) over Emigrant Pass & into the heart of Salt Lake City. I’ve never been to Salt Lake City but I would like to visit someday - my folks spent about 6 months there as newlyweds (aka long before I came onto the scene!) since my father had a job opportunity there… One of my trail riding buddies & I actually signed up for it couple of years ago - you have 5 yrs to get this mileage done, but with all Carla‘s turmoil in getting her new house built, she has not recorded any mileage for many months now.

I actually feel “purty good” this morning, Twoie is much easier on ye olde carcass than Baraquinator! Has me sitting around & thinking how sometimes you can do a lot of things wrong but it still comes out right.

A.) I was in such a hurry loading up, I did not grab the boys’ bucket of pelleted feed so I had to feed them beet pulp & oats - fortunately I had a full bale of alfalfa hay. 

B.) I likewise failed to transfer the tub of my favorite Corona ointment, which I use to lubricate under the girth & saddle pad - luckily no evidence of chafing, rubs or pressure points.

C.) Both geldings got a little stocked up, standing around in a pen after all their hard work - so in the future I will have to be diligent about poulticing & wrapping legs “once again”. (Used to do it all the time, but was not necessary when I was only going shorter distances - I’ve gotten soft!)

Then I came across this great post in my FB feed this morning. (For some reason my iPad won’t do its normal copy & paste feature, but it’s about fear of failure) 

And as I finally got around to downloading & transferring some photos (!!!) - which is quite the process with my aging electronics! - I forgot the most glaring mistake of them all: I failed to grab my trusty helmet! So I rode bareheaded & "bulletproof" as we say ;-) Shock & awe around horse camp since Val is always one of those people who preach helmet safety. "Do as I say, not as I do!"

                                            Route of the old Pony Express Trail through SLC