Ride Along the Creek

Last evening, TrairidinRN and I headed out for a short ride. I guess the impending sunset decided this, not us. We rode on the creek trail, to the left, which is a nice short loop. We rode along for a while and found a neat scene where some young maples had slumped over and had been taken over by tons of bright green moss. I passed my camera over to my mom and tried to position Mercy so we could hit the light just right. Well, after quite a while of taking pictures, we moved on.

At some point I decided that Mercy's cinch was too loose and jumped off to tighten it. Of course, this became a photo op, lol! I was pretty much unaware of this until I went to get back on. Thank goodness I can turn away quickly! No, really I don't mind that much. I'm just not use to someone else holding the camera. After scolding Mercy for trying to eat the ferns, I jumped up and we continued down the trail.

I'm not quite sure why I am leaning to the left so much here but I would take a guess that I was avoiding a floating spider. I do that a lot. Dodging spiders strung along and in the path of the trail has almost become a crazy game. Can't deny that I usually win... ;)

After leaving the creek trail we swung back onto a trail that would take us home. After attempting to run up a pretty steep, but short hill (Mercy trotted the whole thing, lazy butt...) we took a detour to get one more shot. The vine maples in the area are just spectacular right now, so Mercy and I posed for the shot. Turned out quite nice. The trees should have even more vibrant color as the fall season wears on, so we will be back again.

Today, the girls had it easy. Eat. Sleep. Poop. Eat some more. Poop some more. Misting from the hose by mom to keep them cool in this unusually hot fall weather. Eat.

Tomorrow they won't be so lucky! :)