Two years ago today I got Bear. He was a somewhat dumpy and out of shape horse. At 15, he also seemed quite old. He was still a great horse for me, but at the time we didn’t know if we would keep him much more than a year. How wrong we were. Within a… Read more »
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More Group Riding
Sunday we hit the trails as a foursome again. There was the possibility of it being a much bigger group, but this size felt nice. One of our friends came with us for the first time. She was on her older, gray Arabian, and they were great. We couldn’t do sections of what has become… Read more »
This is More Like It
We hit the trails again this morning. I gave Steen a little snack of chopped hay before we headed out. The nights are already getting colder, and the large pasture is no longer the lush all-you-can-eat buffet it is during the peak of the summer. This time of year Steen can get nervous about food.… Read more »
Trail Jitters
We rode today with the new boarder Kat on her horse, Tate, who is the same age as Laredo but with considerably more saddle time under his belt. He has apparently been hauled around the country, taken to rodeos, trail ridden, and exposed to all sorts of stuff, despite his tender years. You can tell… Read more »
101
Today’s ride put me at 101 hours for the year. That is not a lot by many counts, but considering 100 hours was my goal last year and it took me until early December to hit it, I’m feeling pretty good with where I’m at. The saddle time has really helped me out a lot… Read more »
Ride Medley
We’ve had a busy start to August and I’ve gotten behind on the blogging. So I’m going to do a quick catch-up post. August 2 – Thursday I rode Laredo. We didn’t have a great ride. It was one of those days where nothing was bad, exactly, but nothing was great either. We did all… Read more »
A Smaller Group Ride
We woke up this morning to rain. Quite a bit of it. This was great as we are in a drought like much of the nation, but it was a little less than great because we had our group ride plans for 9. Robin emailed our friends and said we’d probably be going out later,… Read more »
Happy on the Trail
Today our morning ride plans were foiled by storms, so Brian and I headed out later and didn’t connect with the horses and riders we’ve been going out with the last couple of Sundays. We decided to venture out on our own. Brian chose to ride in the hackamore, which is the first time either… Read more »
Tweaking the Trail Ride
On Sunday we got out on the trails as a foursome again. We only had one of the Icelandics with us, and Gay and Doc came along instead. We’ve ridden with them numerous times and it is always fun. On Sunday we were also blessed with wonderful weather. It started off cool and breezy and… Read more »
Sunday on the Trails
We met Kat at the barn today again, and also invited our friend Gay. Megan couldn’t make it, so we were four when we hit the trails again. The day was actually coolish, and it felt glorious heading out. We started with a modification of our previous route in mind, but we’d never done the exact circuit we had… Read more »