Thats good they were nice to you. Most cases when I ride that trail I run into the guided horse tours and the guides seem to be more anxious about mountain bikers due to the fact that their group is made up of inexperienced horse riders and might not know how to react if the horses becomes nervous. I'm always courteous towards them, I've had a few close calls with horses not knowing what to do about "us". So i move off and let them pass, but every now and again they treat me like I'm 5 years old and start yelling "Hey there are Horses down here!" I think in the back of my head, "There are mountain bikers up here!" Cause im a dick. Or they'll say "Stop and move off the trail, don't move or you'll spook my horses." Well If me walking my bike past your horse is gunna spook em then maybe you shouldnt be riding this "public multi use trail." One time riding accross the canyon we got stuck behined a a tour of 5 or 6 horses and they wouldnt budge or let us pass. The guide suggested that he has the right away(which he does) and that we should stay back and not pass them.....That was a pretty slow ride back to the truck the last mile riding over fresh horse crap at 1/2 mph. That mostly happends in the summer months but come spring or fall the trail is all but abandon and even more fun to ride with no traffic jams.
Funny thing i was just thinking about that last mile and how fast you get going, which frankly is most likely faster then the 5 or 10 mph speed limit on public trails, I have yet to run into or pass anybody on that section. I seem to always run into people at the top of the trail near all the drainage's that you climb in and out of.
Still though one of my favorites...
