Sunday in the Wilds
Rana June 15th, 2008
Day: Day 36 thru Morning of Day 40
Miles: 150.8
Miles to Rivendell: 511.4
Miles in Rivendell: 544.2
Miles to Loth Lorien: 280.3
Total Miles: 1343.9
It’s 458 miles from Rivendell to Lothlorien. I’ve ridden 280.3 of them. I’m currently four miles from the opening of the Fellowship’s January 11 progress. I’ve travelled through rolling lands, crossing small streams and traversing valleys. The weather has grown warm and sunny — on some days too warm and too sunny. I am once again climbing and am almost to the feet of the Redhorn with the treacherous Redhorn Poass ahead of me. Thank God it’s summer and I won’t face the snow and blasting winds they endured.
I am testing a new steed, Amarillo, in the evening hours, trying to get used to her slim frame and more nimble movements. The Ranger and Erin caught an eagle on the day she arrived and had it not been for the Ranger’s steady hand and Erin minding the Eye of Are, I would most surely have been thrown and spent the remainder of the evening dealing with recriminations from the elderly wizard. With modifications to the saddle and saddle post, Amarillo and I are getting on better, although I am not yet ready to take her out on a long excursion. But I am pleased with the strength of my legs, I am making improvement, and I suspect when cooler weather finally comes on, I will range far astride this new wheeled companion.