Heading into Autumn

Sure seems like it was a short summer and now it's supposed to rain tomorrow. So we planned our ride for today rather than our usual Sunday ride. Dexter got to stay home and Laura rode Lady instead. It was humid and overcast at home, but less humid and not too cold in spite of the heavy fog at Pt Reyes. The fog got thicker and the forest got darker as we approached Sky Trail.

Sky Trail. Spooky.

Laura and Lady on the way up the hill.

We rode to our usual turnaround spot on Sky Trail at a meadow where Sky Trail meets Woodward Valley Trail. The horses usually get to graze a bit there (and everywhere else for that matter), and Cowboy is partial to the thistles that grow there--the kind with the purple flowers that looks so vicious. He has the knack of wrapping his lips delicately around the flower head and nipping it off without getting stabbed by the spines.Cowboy getting his thistle fix.

We're getting photos on our rides now because I finally bought an iPhone a few weeks ago. If I had known that a phone could be this much fun, I'd have bought one a long time ago. I've hardly used the phone feature at all, but the camera is handy and the e-mail feature is great. I've also downloaded the Audubon Bird Guid App so we can identify the birds we hear on the trail. This earned me the title of Geekiest Rider on the Trail by our fellow riders last week.

Laura, Debbi, Rhoda and Diane at our Pt Reyes Rift Zone trail ride last week.

Nevertheless, I will probably be downloading the Wildflower Guide next. I also have the Handy Level and the Time Tracker. Hey, I also have Facebook and Youtube, I'm not a completely lost cause. No games yet.

I need to change the ring tone, though, because it is currently set to bark at me. I actually got a call today while we were out on the trail and got a little freaked out, fearing a wolf invasion at Pt Reyes, before I figured out it was the phone. Then the call was coming through Google Voice, which I have set for screening calls which means that I have to press "1" to accept the call, and I couldn't get the number pad to come up on the phone, so I missed that call. Note to self: change that setting on Google Voice to just let the call come through.

Side note: I just read "The Fifth Agreement" and highly recommend it to those on the path to self-enlightenment and authenticity.

Ciao for now.....