Over the summer, I organized a ride for myself and several of my friends in David Canyon, one of my favorite local places to ride, located in the National Forest. There were several trails I wanted to explore and I had mapped them out beforehand.
Thankfully, my riding partners are usually always up for an adventure and gladly agreed to join me.
And I am always up for an adventure of riding my horse out in the beautiful nature on beautiful trails!
Apache and I led the way for most of the day. There were lovely wildflowers everywhere.
And meadows of beautiful sunflowers taller than us sitting on our horses!
It made me so happy to just ride my horse among all those cheerfully bright yellow sunflowers!
And my riding partners were pretty thrilled, too. Everything was green and lush and beautiful!
And our horses seemed to enjoy all the beauty...or maybe they just enjoyed tasting everything?
But it was time to find the perfect lunch spot so us humans could fill our tummies before continuing our ride.
Apache "parked" by a tree with the Sandia Mountains behind her in the distance.
Our horses enjoying a nice rest, too.
Our perfect lunch spot with tall trees for shade, a low rock wall to sit on, and beautiful views all around us.
The views northward, from our lunch spot, of the Sandia Mountains were pretty incredible!
A couple of our horses were like little kids, getting bored and into trouble.
"What? Who Me?"
Then it was time to climb back into the saddle and get back onto the trail again. Apache and I happily led the way...and I took our usual trail selfie.
Happy, smiling faces from my trail partners.
I just couldn't get over how tall and green the grass and vegetation was in David Canyon. It was so pretty, even if it did make it difficult to see the trail at times.
I really enjoyed riding and exploring a brand-new-to-me trail.
Our horses all seemed to enjoy themselves, too. There were plenty of stops to grab a few bites of grass, the weather was perfect, we were in no hurry, and we were all relaxed and happy. I think that all adds up to happy horses.....and.......
Happy Riders, too!!
We all kept saying what a great day it was and how we couldn't wait to do it again.
It was an absolutely awesome day!!
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