Yesterday was a perfect riding day. You know the type of day, around 60-70 degrees, not too humid, bright blue sky. I have to have more surgery on my ankle this month, so will be in a cast, again, until mid-July. This is so depressing! April 1st was suppose to be my first day "back-in-the-saddle" after my initial surgery, though I did cheat, and sat on Trick for a few minutes last month! What this means is that I will, hopefully, be able to start riding in the hottest month of the year in New England, at least in my opinion. It got me thinking about what seasons are the most enjoyable to ride,so I came up with a list of the months and a description.
January--too cold and icy
February--even colder and very icy
March--Muddy
April--perfect
May--perfect
June--perfect with blackflies
July and August--too hot and humid with mosquitos and deer flies
September--perfect
October--perfect,cool weather with beautiful scenery
November--near perfect,cooler and sometimes rainy
December--cold, and busy with hoidays
According to my description, this leaves 4 months of perfect riding weather. Tom and I ride every weekend, unless it rains, so this means we ride 16 times in the year, for about 2 hours per ride,so 32 hours. Each of our horses costs $200 per month, so according to my math, it costs us $150 per ride. We horse people are so crazy. Maybe I should just rent horses for trail riding!!
