No sun at Sun Mountain Lodge this morning for our long-awaited trail ride. A brisk north wind blowing off the snow-covered mountains, grey skies and a chilly 45 degrees. They handed out gloves and extra clothing in the tack room. In mid June!
We've done this ride several times on dusty, hot days, so this was kind of exciting, especially riding along the high ridge. We rode past some burn areas from last summer, when the fire came within a quarter mile of the lodge. It was saved though a heroic effort, but the entire facility had to be renovated from smoke and ash damage, and was closed for many months after the fire.
Maya rode "White Leg," Nova had "Elk" and I got "Dan." All the Sun Mountain horses are excellent. Even though it's just a nose-to-tail, walk-only ride, there are beautiful views and interesting steep terrain in places. And of course, now that we're back in Twisp, the sun comes out. No matter-- the interesting weather made for a memorable ride.
BTW our river is much lower today. We have falling snow instead of melting snow in the high mountains. What a strange contradiction of weather across the country.
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