Lately I have been getting some long rides in, but this Tuesday Bear and I had a fun, short ride, and I kind of liked the idea of having a few of those just to mix things up. On Thursday we more or less repeated Tuesday’s ride, but we were back out on the strip,… Read more »
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Mixing it Up
I hadn’t been out to the barn in almost a week. There were a few factors involved in my absence. First, we were out of town all weekend and half of Monday. Second, I’m just really bummed about the whole saddle situation. Third, work came out of its early summer slump and I’ve got all… Read more »
Borrowing the Bear Trap
The whole saddle debacle has taken the wind out of my sails a bit, but yesterday Brian came home from work and coaxed me out to the barn. He wanted to spend a day working on groundwork anyway, due to Bear’s swollen ankles, so he offered me a the use of his saddle. I’ve only… Read more »
Massive Disappointment
I have rarely been so impatient for something to come in the mail as I was on Tuesday. UPS didn’t show up until after 6:00, but when they did they delivered a large box containing my new Bob Marshal Endurance saddle. It was too late to go out to the barn for a ride, but… Read more »
Swollen Ankles
While I was grooming Bear at the hitching post he was very fidgety. It was a warm day and I have no doubt the bugs were the culprit. But there could have been more. While going over his legs I noticed that the area just above his hind ankles was rather swollen. They did not… Read more »
A Long Weekend of So So Rides
Saturday was probably the best ride of the three. Robin and I had a family friend visit on Friday night. He had a lot of driving ahead of him and took off relatively early Saturday morning, so we just got ready and went to the barn. It was damp and quiet and we planned on… Read more »
Stop Bugging Me
Today was hot, muggy, and buggy. And Bear was not happy about it at all. Thankfully he was happy to see me, and he came up to me in the pasture again. He was probably hoping I would be able to get rid of the bugs, and when I couldn’t really do that, he didn’t… Read more »
Hacked
With my new saddle theoretically due any day now, Brian and I decided it might be nice to have a spare saddle that will fit Steen in case we have guests who are good riders but perhaps not comfortable in a treeless saddle. We’ve been watching ebay, and late last week we made our move.… Read more »
Left Leaning
No, Bear is not a liberal socialist. He is a ‘Merican Quarter Horse, I’m not sure you can get much more conservative than that. The thing is, he just hates going right. It is fine at the walk and trot, but I cannot get him to pick up a nice, relaxed lope with a right… Read more »
Long in the Hoof
Yesterday we went to the barn in the afternoon looking to have a leisurely ride. We’ve been dragging a little bit after coming back from vacation, so even the fun things have felt a little difficult lately. Thankfully the weather was not so nice in the morning so we could hang around, read, and enjoy… Read more »