A 5 mile ride is hardly worth hitching the trailer up for, but I am proud of myself nevertheless for “getting ‘er done”: introducing Heather to Mr Reliable, good ol’ Silas… I had to move slowly, I had to take lots of ibuprofen**, but once I was astride Twoie, things weren’t bad at all. We ambled around in fresh air & sunshine on the familiar trails of Bear Creek Nature Preserve for an enjoyable hour & a half.
I think everyone is under the mistaken impression that here in Texas, we can just ride in open space for miles & miles wherever we want, but in reality, access to trails is quite limited. A lot of land is under private ownership, & there are only a handful of state parks that allow equestrian use. I know I posted about the loss of our beloved Pole Canyon ride in the Panhandle when that ranch was sold - Caprock Canyon State Park (about 12 mi away w/similar beautiful scenery) allows trail riding, but there’s only about 12 miles of trails so that’s not enough to put on an endurance event.
** last Saturday we trekked up to LBJ Grasslands N of Decatur for a very pleasant trail ride with my buddies. Unfortunately, in an outstanding example of poor judgment, I loped up to some boulders which I knew were problematic & Twoie unceremoniously unloaded me on the ground. I probably have some cracked ribs on my right side, but naught can be done except take my pain medicine & soldier on…
So it’s been a rough Christmas week, my friends!
I was grateful I didn’t have to do a whole lot - we went over to Victoria‘s grandparents for Christmas dinner, where Adela had prepped a Tex-Mex feast of tamales, beans & rice, and nopales (sautéed cactus)
My son tried to poison me with a very large, very stiff drink - his own version of a White Russian 😳 - I will post photos as soon as I can.
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