- Trail: Seven Mile - Moab Utah
- Mile: 10.17
- Riders: Self - Janine - Janelle - Jessy - Tracy - Shelly - Kelly - Barb
- Horses: Jack - Kiger - Honor - Dutch -
Notes: Second day of the all girls trip. Lisa contacted a member of the Utah backcountry horseman to suggest a nice area to ride. Enter Richard. He took us to Seven Mile...after calling us a bunch of broads. I doubt I'm not the only one who considered burying him in the sandy wash. It's not like it would be hard digging. Whatever.
The trail follows a deep wash lined on both sides with stunning red rock and ends at a grotto.
We rode along in the usual mundane single file manner until the wash widened. Jessy, Janelle and Janine broke off from the herd and loped ahead. Sweet! I let them get a 100 yard head start and took off after them. We raced up the wash most of the way to the grotto when the terrain allowed. It surprises me how fast and far a horse can run without tiring...especially in deep sand.
The others soon caught up. We ate lunch at the grotto before heading back in much the same manner. Janine, Janelle, Jessy and I raced a good part of the way back.
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| The wash racers: (L-R) Janine - Jessy - Janelle |
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