Well most of the snow is gone, about 99% but there's still the snow piles that refuse to melt and will be here till the middle of spring :-) The drift that I had to moutain climb was at the end of a deadend street at the start of the trail. Basically the plows just shoved all the snow that they moved there and completely blocked the entrance. So it was big. I felt like I was The Man From Snowy River :-) The ice hasn't melted on the trails because of all the trees, so sun doesn't get to where it should to dry out the ground. And we just got some snow a couple of days ago.
I'm glad both of you got to ride.
Beaker, I know what you mean about the snow drifts. I was in northern New Jersey the first part of the week and although there was no snow on the ground, I couldn't believe the size of the drifts of nasty snow that were piled up everywhere. We just don't see that down here in Alabama. I got out just in time too, coz they got about 6 inches after I left. Whew! I don't drive well in snow. I got lost enough as it was and sure didn't need the added challenge of snow!
MissTargets, I know what you mean about not having enough time for two hobbies. Maybe when you retire you can ride more. In the meantime, it's good that you have buddies who will loan you a horse. You get to ride when you want to and don't have to pay for the upkeep. Pretty sweet deal! ;o)
Since yesterday was Good Friday, I had the day off from work and sure was glad coz it was a gorgeous day. It got up to almost 80! My riding buddy was off too and since it was supposed to rain the rest of the weekend, we went trailriding. The Forest Service has just finished cleaning up most of the downed trees left over from years of pine beetle damage and Hurricane Ivan so we got to ride trails we hadn't ridden in several years. One of them we call the "Kamilkaze Trail" because there's some pretty hairy places where the trail edges along about half way up an overgrown cliff face and there's big rocks to climb over and narrow places where you have to watch your knees, but it's the prettiest trail out there. It was Blade's first time there and he did really well. He has a tendency toward laziness, which is aggravating when you want him to move on out with some speed, but it works out really well in places like this where you want him to take his time and be careful. I always say that if nobody got killed, it was a good ride! ;o)