3/2/15
We went on a horseback ride today. The guide’s wife picked us up at the beach
just before lunch. We drove through Mulege and then out a valley about 15 miles
into ranch country. The roads were
primitive. The guide met us and his son
took us on a two and a half hour ride through the arroyos rigth at the base of
some mountains. It was incredibly
pretty. I think we lucked out as a
couple of weeks ago there was a lot of rain and the vegetation was quite green.
There were huge piles of driftwood and uprooted plants piled against the
upstream side of small trees and cacti.
Evidence of a LOT of water recently in the dry riverbed. A bunch of strangle Spanish later, we learned
that the water was running 5 meters deep down the arroyo. Obviously not the place to be when the rains
were heavy. In Mulege, near the mouth of
the river it was running 9 meters above normal, nearly wiping out the bridge.
It was a really neat trip and worth the significant saddle pain. My horse’s MO was to drop back and then trot
to close the gap.
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