Doing It California Style: Hanging Out On The Tevis Trail On Week 11

That’s what the owner of this car said when she saw me taking this photo.

I drove up to the Auburn area on Saturday: 842 miles from Scottsdale to Cool, CA in about 15 hours. Far looked a little lean when he got off the trailer, but he traveled well and was very relaxed. He was back to his old self 24 hours later. I’m sure it helped that he was back in his old pasture next to his former buddies.

I let him rest all day Sunday. He spent the day in the shade of a great Oak tree eating Leslie Spitzer’s nice Orchard Grass hay she gets from Nicholas, CA: much more interesting than the hay I brought from home.

On Monday morning we set off to the lookout point at the Tevis finish line. I have only ridden Far once since he got tangled up in the high line two weeks ago. I’ve been treating five wounds on various parts of his body twice daily since then and I think they will be only just healed by the time Tevis starts on Saturday.

We rode 11 miles from the finish line to the Lower Quarry vet check and then turned around and came back. I used the new style Gloves on the fronts and the older style Gloves on the hind with Powerstraps. The trail is not overly challenging at this point of the trail, but there is a good mix of single track trail with a few small climbs, some rocky sections and a couple of small water crossings.


Far on No Hands Bridge

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