Went for a ride up the south boundary trail today. We asked a new neighbor to ride along with us, but then Connie was having trouble with her wrist after surgery so it ended up just Jack and I taking the ride. It was Tanner’s first experience riding with a mule and he did not seem to mind this long-eared somewhat homely horse. The trail starts at West Glacier at the old river bridge and runs alongside the park side of the river. This trail is for the most part fairly easy, but there are many precarious stretches where you are riding the bank high above the river, one misstep could be disastrous. We were just planning a short day so we rode from the park headquarters to the lincoln creek patrol cabin (a little over 12 miles round trip). This is a very scenic ride along the river. You do have the noise of the nearby railroad and vehicles on the highway, so you don’t have the solitude of other backcountry rides, but it is still well worth it. You also have the shrieks and yells of the river floaters as they encounter the rapids down below you.

Jack and his mule