Monday September 17 2012
It's that time: time to try to decipher the pile of spaghetti on the trail maps - the red, orange/purple, pink, blue/purple, green, blue, yellow, and orange arrows, and the squiggly lines of roads, trails and cow paths,
and get marking trail for the Owyhee Canyonlands 5-day endurance ride, which starts in 8 days. The spaghetti will become perfectly clear, once you are riding the trails on your horse.
Stormy gets to work, earning his keep, marking a couple of miles of the trails with his friend Taxi. It's a good thing I have Stormy to keep track of the colors: blue/purple out, pink out Pickett Creek; blue/purple out Steph's Trail; orange/purple in, pink in, blue/purple in, and yellow/purple out on Linda's Trail.
Just as we arrive back at the house,
Steph is headed out on the ATV.
About 20 miles of trail marked; about 230 miles to go!
Fun video previews of some of the trails are here:
I love the shadows in the first photo. It makes the photo so artistic! Nice!
ReplyDeleteSounds like a lot of work. Good thing I'm not involved. Turn me around 3 times in the living room and I'm lost. I'd never find my way around those trails.
ReplyDeleteThat is certainly a lot of work, but I bet the competitors will appreciate all your efforts. A well marked trail is a treasure!
ReplyDeleteStormy looks pretty happy (and well decorated) to be working. Do you also GPS map the trails? Talked with a serious mtn biker friend--I guess programming the route is becoming increasingly popular for racers.
ReplyDeleteThat sounds like a lot of work. The trail ribbons look colorful on your equine companion.
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