I take it that is Hunter to the right? Yes. Hunter is on the right with the red headstall. Horse on the left is our daughter Abby's Anglo Arab Meridian, a Seattle Slew grandaughter, and the horse down the road is an Arab, Shur Fire, our friend Bev's good endurance horse.
That is an especially rocky section of access road to the lookout. I would guess the gravel was hauled in to make it easier to get up there in bad weather. In the miles we rode today, we probably had 18 miles of old un-graveled roads and single track trails and the balance in sections with either applied gravel or natural rock. Some of out friends have experimented with barefoot/boots but the trails really don't make it easy. Both Terry Tinkham and Sue Walz put lots of miles on barefoot/booted horses (both gaited horses). Sue will be taking Raven to Tevis again this year. She was pulled for lameness very near the finish last year. This Tevis she will be carrying the ashes of her father Bob Walz, the man who originally developed Easy Ride stirrups. Nancy
