- Trail: N. Eagle Eye - Rudy Pass (or not)
- Miles: 5.75
- Riders: Self - Celia
- Horses: Drifter - Dirt
- Dogs: Groot
Notes: Well, that was a full day. We started out to set a geocache. I wanted to head toward Rudy's Pass but missed it by one canyon over. It was a really cool area but not ATV friendly so we took off from the bottom of the canyon wash straight up a ridge and rode back down a hogback. It was thick with cholla. We got off to walk and lead through the worst of it. Celia's mare, Dirt, side stepped into a cholla. She got a patch of it covering her hock and was not a happy horse. We couldn't get near it to pull them out. We got her back to my place and drug her up on Domo-Gel. Her head was drooping on the ground but she still managed to kick the leatherman out of my hand. That didn't feel great. There was no vet or neighbors around with stronger sedative. We would have tied up a leg but I don't have a cotton rope here. Celia finally got hold of a friend who had some stronger sedative - pieced enough lead rope together to tie up a leg and got them pulled out.
The good news...we did manage to get a cache set. Still...it was a nice ride up to the point of the cholla incident.
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| Secret cache location "Snags-N-Nags" |
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