The Traherns #1
“Little patches of snow clung to the undersides of rocks, other than that, it was all gone.
We packed up and left. The horses were once more eager to go.
Luke boosted me aboard, since I still didn’t want to put much strain on my leg.
I left it out of the stirrup, which felt more comfortable, as a stirrup puts both an upward and a sideways pressure on your leg. A good rider, I used my balance and my knees more than my legs, anyway.
The air was warm and dry, but the soil was still wet, and when we... would reach muddy areas, the horses would slip and have to scramble to keep their footing. Pride was more sure-footed than Rosie, and when we got to a particularly bad stretch, Luke stopped, got off Pride and came back to me.
“I’ll carry you over this. I don’t trust Rosie.”
Looking past Pride, I could see why he’d stopped. A huge mudslide had taken out the trail, cutting a swath about a hundred yards wide.
We had crossed a few tiny slides and they tended to give under the horses’ feet or squirt out from under them, so that it was a mad scramble to reach solid ground again.MoreLess
We packed up and left. The horses were once more eager to go.
Luke boosted me aboard, since I still didn’t want to put much strain on my leg.
I left it out of the stirrup, which felt more comfortable, as a stirrup puts both an upward and a sideways pressure on your leg. A good rider, I used my balance and my knees more than my legs, anyway.
The air was warm and dry, but the soil was still wet, and when we... would reach muddy areas, the horses would slip and have to scramble to keep their footing. Pride was more sure-footed than Rosie, and when we got to a particularly bad stretch, Luke stopped, got off Pride and came back to me.
“I’ll carry you over this. I don’t trust Rosie.”
Looking past Pride, I could see why he’d stopped. A huge mudslide had taken out the trail, cutting a swath about a hundred yards wide.
We had crossed a few tiny slides and they tended to give under the horses’ feet or squirt out from under them, so that it was a mad scramble to reach solid ground again.MoreLess
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