Trail Ride 'Tastic

Yesterday was the last day that I had the borrowed truck so I decided a trail ride was in order! While I love all the trails that are local to me, I had a free day and I love going places that are different than what I normally have access to, so I decided a trip to WM park was just what I needed!

Mondays are rough

Have to get a selfie with my sweet sleepy girl

I checked the website and calendar to make sure there weren't any special events happening and loaded up, and off we went! It's not super close... about just over an hour drive. I rolled in and was about to put money in the pay meter... when a park ranger rolled up and told me that the majority of the park was closed for construction on the culver and roads that access the equestrian portion. Pedestrians could still use the parks, just not horses.

I was crushed. I had even checked the website and everything (I went back and looked at it again - and there was a tiny little banner that I had missed stating that there was construction). Boooooo. I was upset that I had driven so far for nothing. Just for the heck of it, I put another park into my phone's navigation. This park was in the complete opposite direction of where I'd come from, but it was only 1.5 hours from my current location. Just about 20 minutes farther than it'd be going home. I shoved some treats at Jetta and headed to the other park.

We made it to the other park and I unloaded Jetta and let her graze for a bit in compensation for the crazy long trailer ride she'd just been on.

We ended up having a lovely trail ride. I think Jetta was tired from the show, so she was happy to just walk the trails, though we did do a little bit of trotting and cantering. I love this park, it's the one I grew up going to a lot and I have a ton of super fun memories of long afternoons exploring with friends or solo, horse swimming, picnics, and all of my horses I've owned in my life had been there at one time or another.