Our first trail ride together!!!!

Poptart and I had our first trail and conditioning (mental and physical) ride today. He started out right on the Old Dominion 100 trail already preparing for his future career :) Graham and I parked at Bucktail and rode Long Mountain Trail up to the peak, grazed for a few minutes and then descended back to the trailer. We encountered 2 scary monster obstacles 1. the trail barricade gate 2. a bridge. The trail barricade was near the parking area and was okay after going up and checking it out. The bridge was quite terrifying, but Poptart was brave and both willingly and safely followed Rogan over it. I was proud how he kept it together even though he thought he was about to die for the few seconds of the bridge crossing -- what a good boy! The goal was for a short, simple, and safe ride and we succeeded! He also practiced both eating and drinking on the trail -- Rogan is a great mentor! We rode about 1 hr 40 minutes, 4.4 miles and had about 1500' elevation gain and loss.