Lunch at Double M Campground

Another absolutely day. Amy and I went out with a larger group today being led by Anthony. We were riding over to Double M. Campground for lunch. Sam Shelter was riding with the group today. He is an Amish trainer that is making quite a name for himself. Just recently a mule he trained for the Carmack's sold for $40,000. Today Sam was riding one of Anthony's mules. Right out of camp is the first rock to be found to play on. Katie led the way onto the rock with her personal mule, Moonshine.

 At Initial Tree, an eve more impressive rock was found to play on. I was not even tempted to try this one though it was fun to watch how easy the mule make rock climbing look.

We had a nice lunch at Double M. Campground. There was an Amish couple riding with us today. I've never seen an Amish woman riding before. From Double M we rode by Pounds Hollow sluice way and rode over the dam and along the lake. That is a rough but fun ride with a hard pull up a steep hill to a tie line area above the lake. We stopped there to let all the mules catch their breaths. And it gave us all time to chat and enjoy each others company. From there Amy and I got out ahead of the group so stopped on the ledges at Black Ridge Rd. From there we rode the Indian Paint Wall back to Initial Tree. Along the Indian Paint Wall trail there is a small cave. Anthony took his mule in there and he and Sam did a demo on how to lay a mule down and gave some good pointers for training a mule to do that. We stopped for a break at Initial Tree. Amy climbed up the bluff wall to get a good picture of the group.