Know what you mean; snow falling where it usually
doesn't. 4 of us "hardy souls" did a 16 mile conditioning ride at
Whiskeytown, which is near Redding, Calif. As we were driving into the
park, we were looking at the snow on the low hills. We rode anyway, the
snow was 4" to 6" and untouched, until we went through. The last time we
had ridden in snow, in a different area, my friend's horse had a lot of trouble
getting "snowballs" in his hooves. This time, however, no problem. i
think the moisture content of the snow, and how long it's been laying on the
ground has a lot to do with it. Anyway, no one was getting "high centered",
and the horses ranged in shoe sizes from 00 to size 2.
We trotted most of our ride yesterday, and the
horses got a good workout. My horse, however, didn't like the occasional
plops of snow falling out of the trees, either on him or right behind him!
It certainly was pretty, up near Panther Gab, with the sun shining on the new
snow, making it look silvery. renie
