Trail Ride at Red Mountain

Today Carol drove her truck pulling her two horse trailer, taking me, Highboy, and Shambhu to Red Mountain Open Space to trail ride today.  This is one of the most picturesque places in Northern Colorado, and one of the best kept secrets.  The rock formations are incredible, and you feel like you're riding through something other-worldly.  There are many other miles of trails in this open space we didn't get to today, but here is a photographic smattering of our adventures.

Riding through Ruby Wash trail was my favorite part, the red rocks are stunning.  Here is a little video of that portion of the ride:
https://www.youtube.com/edit?o=U&video_id=Ukx-KkFFPc8

Near the end of our ride we meandered in a little stream so the horses could have a drink of water after the many hours on the trail.  I got some video of that too:
https://youtu.be/vT2mdqlkYro

I've come here many times with horses, but this was the first time Highboy got to go.  It was also Carol and Shambhu's first ride at Red Mountain.  Now that they have a taste for the nearly unending miles of gorgeous trails here, I suspect it will be a much more frequently requested ride.