Monday, September 27, 2004
Not all who wander are lost . . . Except for most people.
Umm...Yeah....I did it again. What started out as a nice short trail ride turned into a never ending trail with us praying to reach the end, but at least this time we had an excuse....sorta. We hit the trail late afternoon due to a mix up in where we were riding and headed out on a trail the stable manager said should be clear (one of the only clear ones after the storm hit). About twenty minuets into the ride we finally found the trail they were talking about (yeah... they gave terrible directions). It started out nice and clear like they said, but about 30 minuets into this supposedly "clear" trail, we came across the Great Wall of China made of fallen trees. Not wanting to turn back, we figured that we could just find a way to circle around it and catch the trail on the other side. With amazing cross country skill we managed to get around it and find the trail again. This worked for about the first two or three Great Tree Walls, but the last one we were not so lucky on. Two hours into the ride (which by this time we were already hoping it would end soon because we were already sore before we started riding), we got lost. We could not find a trail marker on any dumb tree, standing or not. What should you do when you find youself lost in the woods as the sun is setting? Wander around until you find a marker (yeah...okay... so maybe we're not the brightest of all lost people, but it always seems to work for us...thankfully!!). We wandered for about an hour before running across a man cutting up trees.
"Which way is the fastest way back to the main stables?" The directions he gave appeared straight forward until we realized that he had put us back on the trail we started on going in the same direction that we started in and to turn back would have meant more cross country exercises and to go forward meant losing the trail again. So what now? Let's just try a random direction in the woods and see what happens. Thankfully, we eventually ran into another woman who gave us better direction and within an hour of meeting her we made it out of the woods. By this point it was dark. The stable manager saw us coming and called out: "Have a good ride?" We just kept walking. To even try to say something might have caused some French to flow forth. But all in all it was a good ride. We had fun overall and the horses did great. I realize how much I miss riding, but fencing helps to make up for it.
Hmm...I need to grab lunch before I'm late for my next class.
Umm...Yeah....I did it again. What started out as a nice short trail ride turned into a never ending trail with us praying to reach the end, but at least this time we had an excuse....sorta. We hit the trail late afternoon due to a mix up in where we were riding and headed out on a trail the stable manager said should be clear (one of the only clear ones after the storm hit). About twenty minuets into the ride we finally found the trail they were talking about (yeah... they gave terrible directions). It started out nice and clear like they said, but about 30 minuets into this supposedly "clear" trail, we came across the Great Wall of China made of fallen trees. Not wanting to turn back, we figured that we could just find a way to circle around it and catch the trail on the other side. With amazing cross country skill we managed to get around it and find the trail again. This worked for about the first two or three Great Tree Walls, but the last one we were not so lucky on. Two hours into the ride (which by this time we were already hoping it would end soon because we were already sore before we started riding), we got lost. We could not find a trail marker on any dumb tree, standing or not. What should you do when you find youself lost in the woods as the sun is setting? Wander around until you find a marker (yeah...okay... so maybe we're not the brightest of all lost people, but it always seems to work for us...thankfully!!). We wandered for about an hour before running across a man cutting up trees.
"Which way is the fastest way back to the main stables?" The directions he gave appeared straight forward until we realized that he had put us back on the trail we started on going in the same direction that we started in and to turn back would have meant more cross country exercises and to go forward meant losing the trail again. So what now? Let's just try a random direction in the woods and see what happens. Thankfully, we eventually ran into another woman who gave us better direction and within an hour of meeting her we made it out of the woods. By this point it was dark. The stable manager saw us coming and called out: "Have a good ride?" We just kept walking. To even try to say something might have caused some French to flow forth. But all in all it was a good ride. We had fun overall and the horses did great. I realize how much I miss riding, but fencing helps to make up for it.
Hmm...I need to grab lunch before I'm late for my next class.
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