OK, time to start the training

I went out with Susannah to hit the American Tobacco Trail, no not a place to go smoking, its a trail that follows an old tobacco railroad. We weren't sure where it started, but from our beginning spot, we went to the trailhead and then backtracked and continued past our starting point. In all I went 9.73 miles today. Not bad for my second ride after not really riding for a few years.

Now for something that bugs me. Pooper un-scoopers. So there was this couple I saw walking their dog in my neighborhood as we were heading out to ride and they stopped and let their dog crap on another neighbor's lawn and then just left it. On the Tobacco Trail they have signs to pick up poop and provide bags for you, it's pretty nice. I hate dog crap, it's one reason I don't have a dog, so it's nice to see signs having people clean up their messes. As I was riding and saw the bags for dogs, I realized, that's a little crazy having dog owners clean up messes and NOT have horse riders pick up theirs. There are HUGE piles of crap all over the trail from horses, but none from dogs. Just something that bothered me, offer some big bags and have signs for getting rid of the huge piles of crap.