Sunset Horseback Ride

The evening before we took our whitewater marathon Evie and I had a lovely sunset horseback trip, a trip which she noted in her blog. We could not have asked for better weather….warm but not hot, clear with just a few high thin clouds high above and a few puffy clouds to give the setting sun something upon which to paint with an orange glow. Taking pictures along the trail was next to impossible….taking pictures in a heavy forest would be difficult and demand a slow shutter speed even during the day. Adding the dying light pushes the camera further. Then adding to that troubling mix the shake caused by the gait of a horse and you have blurring pictures at the end. That said, I did get three clear shots from the horse, two of which are here. I was on the second horse and Evie was toward the end of the line (you can just make her out at the end of the line). The other was a quick shot of the New River Gorge from the Concho Overlook. The Gauley Gorge which we rafted is as deep but much more narrow and with high cliffs along most of its course.

The last picture is one I took of Evie just before she dismounted.