Try to Stay Out of the Mud

The weather is warming, which means that the ground is thawing. In the last couple of days I have been riding on some abandon railroad grades. Other than a puddle now and then the solid footing is much preferred by the horses.

The dogs find birds along the way, which they enjoy. I try to walk about half the time. I need the exercise more then the dogs, and horses do.









This is part of the "John Wayne" trail. It starts in the western side of the state then ends 12 miles north of where I live. We covered just the eastern most three miles yesterday. It is part of the state park system. I think that I read some where that it is 145 miles long. I know that it goes over the Cascade Mountains, but of course snow has it closed in winter. During the rest of the year many of  the tunnels are closed. I will find out more later. 





This was taken today on a piece of old railroad bed closer to home from a different horse obviously.



You can see that the weather was beautiful; clear, little wind, with the temp. in the low to mid 40's.