is quieter and less commercialized,
and thus a great location to base
camp for our riding adventures. We
were able to find accommodations
for the horses on horsemotel.com
at a private facility, Ears The Place
owned by Elaine Johnson. She had
spacious corrals for our equines to
stre tch their legs and electric and
water for our convenience.
with not a scratch on anyone and no
tire or engine problems.
Our first day in the mountains we
decided to give our guys a day to rest
from their travels and acclimate to the
elevation, as recommended by our
veterinarians. We went to Jackson
Hole for the day and did the “normal”
tourist thing. We were camped at
approximately 6,500’ but our riding
would be between 8,000’-10,500’.
Due to the lack of oxygen from the
elevation horses can have serious
problems if not given a chance to
acclimate and/or pushed too hard
while riding them. So our first day of
riding we chose a trail with minimal
elevation change based off looking
at the contour lines of our topographic
map.
We arrived in Driggs just after
dark on Sunday September 7th,
but not before picking up our third
partner in crime, Sheila Bullington,
from the Jackson Hole airport with
our four geldings! I’m sure we were
a sight with a living quarters trailer
and the windows dropped so the
boys could check out the scenery
and get some fresh mountain air.
To say the least we got some looks.
This led us to Coyote Meadows
After, we got everyone situated we
pretty much passed out. We were Trailhead located in Targhee National
extremely thankful to have arrived Forest. From the trailhead we had
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