Well, I’m sitting here debating if I want to ride today...
The trails are just so soft and muddy. Several places where trees came down this winter over the trails and I have to go around. When I get off trail, he was really sinking...that worries me. The hills down to the creek are boggy, there just wouldn’t be many places to go where I wouldn’t run into this problem...am I wussing out?
Becky
Have you decided for certain you’re not going on the CTR this month?
If so, there’s no rule that says you have to keep conditioning in mud.
Well, I wouldn’t worry about the mud too much unless it’s like shin deep. Then you’ve got to start worry about him pulling something and hurting himself. And as far as the trees go, is there any way that you can take a folding pruning saw with you and limb them down enough that they can be stepped over. We’ve got a lot of trees down on our trails too so I always try to carry my handy-dandy little saw with me just in case because sometimes there’s a rock wall on the uphill side and a bluff on the downhill side and there’s just NOT any good way to go around. And sometimes they’ll be down on the trail but the main trunk is high enough to ride under and all you need to do is cut out the limbs underneath so you can go through, even if you have to get off and lead. I’ve even had to slide the saddle over to the side at times to make it. It’s a pain, but it’s better than losing the use of the trail.