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RIDING OUT FROM QUIETUDE
Quietude is a splendid place to ride whether you go
east, west, north or south. This ride was on our Moonshine Trail.
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Kelly is riding Quietude Northern Horizon & Cathy is riding her
Quietude Maxwelton.
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Kelly, Cathy and Ruth riding Quietude Mandalay check out the
newly built pond on the farm we lease.
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Crossing the new earth dam.
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From the new dam we opened a trail that brings us
to the 76 mile long Greenbrier River 'rail to trail'.
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Kelly & Horizon are the first to go down the steep incline
off the Greenbrier Trail to Locust Creek that runs beneath the bridge.
This is only Horizon's third trail ride & he often leads the way.
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Caress starts down the steep trail from the bridge to the creek.
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Lisa, riding the 27 year old Caress, comes down the steep incline.
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Ruth's tiny Norfolk Terrier, Hanna, follows her across the flooded creek.
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Game little Hanna though swept downstream paddles back to us.
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Fording Locust Creek. We have had a lot of rain & the creek is flooded.
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Kelly & Cathy with the trail dogs Trace & Juda.
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Riding up Locust Creek to get onto the Moonshine trail.
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A dangerous time as the creek is so rapid & flooded that
we & the horses can't see the boulders on the creek bed.
Our horses never hesitate as we ride upstream.
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Deep & fast running is the creek! The brave Horizon is leading now
& we all make it through safely.
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Finally, on the lovely Moonshine Trail.
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Winter has brought down a large tree across the trail.
With no way around it. Kelly & Cathy manage to move it.
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We can see that there are many fallen trees across the trail ahead & we must take our horses up a steep, rocky hill to be able to get home.
The battery in my camera gave out so no more photos of this ride,
but we did make it home A-OK.
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