Monday, June 7, 2010

York River State Park 6/6/10

Went to York River State Park yesterday afternoon to work with Jazz. It was HOT HOT HOT! 95 degrees....craziness. Jazz was a bit of a PITA (Pain In The Ass), but she still busted her butt. The flies were awful, she spent most of her time shaking her head or dropping it to rub, then eat grass, but the more she stopped the worse they got! Her feet are long right now, so she was already tripping a lot. The head shaking made it even worse, she took some pretty bad stumbles but was okay. We did just under 16 miles, and it took about 2.5 hours. Would have been a perfect day to sneak Jack, no one else was there!

I love, LOVE this park. You have to pay entry,
but it's totally worth it. The trails are beautifully maintained and there's some great views of the river. Nice grass everywhere for breaks. It's great for barefoot horses, and there's even some hill! A rarity for our area. All of the trails are actually out-and-back, so it's very easy to control your mileage. My only complaint is that there's no water out on trail. It would be great if they put a trough out there at one of the central trailheads, we could have really used it! There is a water spicket at the trailer parking area, though, so I definitely used that to wash Jazz off at the end of the day and offer her a drink. No hose, so if you would like to have more than a bucket dump definitely bring your own.



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