China Wall Part 2

This should have been part 1 but I was having technical difficulties at the time and then went of course. Anyhow this was how my ride started. Sage loves to ride with me she gets so excited she can hardly contain herself. Since Sage was injured she is unable to ride with me if I go for any lenghth of time. I feel really guilty when I go without her, on this particular ride I knew it would be to hard for her....so home is where she needed to stay. This is what she looked like when she was waiting and thinking she was going. If you could see her eyes you would see how excited and happy she looked.

This is what she looked like after I told her she had to stay home, she went to her house and that look, man did I feel guilty..... how sad is that.
The next few photos are just of the surrounding countryside and the river again, I'm not sure if you can see them but there are two holes along the riverbank, they look like caves. I wonder if something lives in there. We do have a few Badgers and Wolverines in this area. They are pretty big though so ....any ideas.

This last photo is of a part of the trail, I wanted to show you how awful the ground can be around here.....after all it is in the mountains.( You can't see it very well but it is all jagged shale) The reason I wanted to show how hard the ground is ....is because I have been considering keeping my riding horses Barefoot. As much as I understand and believe in the concept I am not quite sold on the idea of riding my horses over this type of ground barefoot. Just about anywhere we ride is ground like this. I think while waiting for my horses feet to toughen up I would be having the worst rides possible. I think I will need to ponder on this subject some more. Have a great Week -end enjoy the outdoors.