Fort Braden Trails, February 7, 2021

It was a very chilly Sunday morning and we only had two brave the weather besides me. I was riding Spirit, Chris on Rose and Joyce on Blue. Me and Chris were on walking horses, and Blue was trotting behind. We started on the West trail and enjoyed a leisurely ride down the trail. The breeze along the lake was bearable behind the trees, but when we arrived at the pavilion, the cold breeze instantly froze us. So we decided to only stop for a brief photo or two and then head back to the trailers. Me and Chris were out front just chatting away with our walking horses and Joyce was behind us. Joyce was trying to get our attention and finally shouted to us that there was a deer, white as snow, in the woods. I was able to get a glimpse of a snow white deer that disappeared in the trees! We also ran across several hikers on the main road back to the trail and relayed the sighting. When we got back to the trailers, the parking lot was full with several cars, most likely hikers, and two other horse trailers. All in all we had a good 2 hour ride!
Liz