Most in E TX are NOT used to seeing English style
riding or posting or safety helmuts. I used to be the only one in E
TX. No so anymore. Many are just plain ignorant, such as those who
beep their horn when passing by!!! Glad you had a nice day's
ride.
Had a great ride today (17 1/2 miles) on my 5
yr old gelding. The woods were full of hunters (3-day weekend), so we
rode a road loop near my house. Most were quiet, little-travelIed gravel
roads, but I came back along busy hwy 30 for about 4 miles, which has a nice
mowed 40+ foot wide right-of-way on either side, so it's nice to ride on if
your horse doesn't mind tons of traffic zipping by, which Sundance
doesn't. What was really funny was watching all the drivers. We
were riding so that the lane closest to us was on-coming (I prefer to see
vehicles coming toward me). People were darn near breaking their necks
to stare at us. As we trotted and sometimes cantered along, I tried to
figure out what was so darned interesting about us. Granted, not many
people ride along Hwy 30, but it had to be something else. Could have
been our speed - most road riders walk, or if they're jogging/trotting, the
rider is bouncing along, not posting. We were moving out at a good 9-10
mph trot (according to my GPS), interspersed with periods of cantering.
Guess it could have been Sundance's screaming green biothane headstall and
breast collar...contrasts quite nicely with his bright chestnut
coloring. Don't see much green tack in these parts. <G> Or
maybe it was my tights and helmet... "what the...she obviously ain't from
around these parts..." Whatever it was, we generated lots of
rubbernecking. <VBG> All too soon the 4 or so miles were
over and we turned off on our road, which is much less travelled, and people
there are used to my husband and I zipping up and down the road on various
horses. It was a pretty day to be out on a good horse.
Dawn in East Texas and Epic Sundance (I'm sure everyone was
admiring my good looks)
