It's my knees that hurt after riding down hill. We pretty much went up and down, all the time on this ride.
Yeah, down hill riding bothers a lot of folks. I don’t have much problem with it because those little thin english leathers on my saddle don’t put very much torque on my knees. But some of the others who ride western swear by those “Stirrup Straight” stirrup hangers that keep you from having to twist the fenders around your lower leg.
Well, I guess BladeRider and the rest of her crew are headed towards Land Between the Lakes for a weekend of camping and riding. I don’t think HaveFaith and her hubby will be leaving ‘til tomorrow. I sure would have loved to have gone with them, but since I just went on a weekend-long horse camping trip at the first of the month I figured I’d better sit this one out. My sweetie said go ahead and go, but I didn’t want to take advantage of his good graces too much. I’ll save it for when we get up another trip in the fall, maybe to Big South Fork. I’ve always wanted to go there.