Blue Lake

 

What a glorious day! Lynn had a week's vacation planned, but we had Shirley's injury and smoke. She was considering going to work and saving her days. On Thursday, she called and said, "Hey! What about Blue Lake?" What about it, I wondered. She recalled Darcy Lima telling us there were tons of trails that led off from the Gymkhana grounds in Blue Lake. So I put it out there on Facebook to the Blue Lake Saddle Club that we wanted to ride. They replied with ways to access the trails and away we went.

It was a combination of things--kind of like riding at Cuneo. There was dead grass and brush; there was snake weed and alders. We crossed the river twice and enjoyed sunshine and a nice breeze all day. Ziggy and Jupiter were happy to be out of the smoke and on new trails. They both did fantastic. We even walked down a sidewalk by a busy road for a bit and neither of them cared. Then we found an apple tree. :) That made it all worth it (at least in Jupiter's mind). 

We made a loop out of it and in a couple of hours we went just shy of seven miles. There's lots left to explore.

Pits up! lol

Cool and shady.

                         

 I forgot about the monster at the start of the trail.