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Granite Chief’s Bare Feet…errr….Hooves

Here are a couple of photos taken today of Chief’s feet. He has been barefoot most of his life, except for a couple of years and he is now 13 years old. I find it hard to believe myself that he is already mostly through his fourth endurance ride season being kept un-shod. You can [...]

Ten tips on how to take good photos while riding your horse

I’ve been taking ride photos for a long time now on endurance and training rides. It’s a lot of fun and sometimes I get lucky and get a really spectacular shot. The main thing to remember with digital cameras is that it doesn’t cost any more to take several shots. Then, delete the ones that [...]

2000 Mile Pony Express Ride Photos Are Up!

I finally got this project finished! Yep, that’s right – it only took 7 years . I’ll add the links below but you can also find everything on the 2001 XP page. Stay tuned for more information on another BIG RIDE!
Endurance News Articles:
1) Preparing for the 2001 XP
2) XP’loring the Trail, 2000 Miles of [...]

Easy way to attach a jacket to your saddle

Here is a quick and easy way to attach your jacket to the front of your saddle. Click on the photo to go to my webshots photo album.
1) Get two long pieces of string – it can be a boot lace, or my preference is bungee by the yard in the thickness of a shoelace.
2) [...]

Finding a veterinary clinic in an emergency

If you’re traveling with your horses and need to find a vet clinic you can call: 800-411-GOOG from any phone and get connected directly or try Google Maps for your cell phone. You could also try Windows Live for Mobile. Some of the newer GPS’s may also help you with this info. Be sure to [...]

Starting to ride again!

I went out for a short ride last night on Chief. It’s taken me awhile feel like I am strong enough to ride, and also to make sure it’s okay with my doctors due to all of the health issues I’ve had. I’ve been doing pretty good though, I can get the horse out, clean [...]

Grand Canyon XP – October 8-12, 2008, SW Region

Here is some information for the next upcoming 5-day 250 mile XP ride:
All five days of the Grand Canyon XP are out of the same basecamp which is located in Dry Park, on the north rim of the Grand Canyon. We ride through beautiful aspen and conifer forests and across wide open meadows through the [...]

Using photos online – do you need permission? — YES!!

There is a nicely written article over at Web Worker Daily today covering photo permission online. Click here to read “Understanding Online Photo Rights”.
I’m bringing this up because I regularly get requests to use my ride photos. More often than not, people use them without asking permission. I am generally pretty good about granting permission [...]

Virginia City 100 – Congrats Tigger and Dave Rabe!

Sounds like it was a great ride yesterday with approximately 36 out of 51 horses finishing. This was the second 100 for little Tigger and everybody reported that he did great! I’m so glad for them both and happy that Dave now has a going 100 mile horse. Go Tigger! They finished in the top [...]

Mike and Ike

Here are some photos showing the damage from Hurricane Ike to Mike M’s place (AERC president for you endurance riders) in Houston, Texas. It’ll be a couple more weeks before they get their power restored. Looks like quite a bit of work to get things cleaned up. Glad there were no injuries. Good luck with [...]

Attaching water buckets and haybags to your horse trailer

For several years now I’ve been attaching my horses hay bags and buckets to the side of the horse trailer. This works great and makes things a lot neater and easier. Especially at rides where we need to clean up all evidence of us being there. It’s much easier to clean up if you haven’t [...]

I Ain’t Joking, by Geoff and Mimi

Here is a song written and performed by a couple of friends, Mimi and Geoff called “I Ain’t Joking”. Did you ever think you’d get this far….without a cut, without a scar (I just uploaded these as smaller mp3 files for easier download).
Click here for Geoff’s MySpace page, and here for Mimi’s. Good job guys, [...]

2008 Virgin Rim Ride Results are posted & quick ride report

Click here to view the .pdf of both days’ results, or visit the Sunrise Ranch Rides website.
There were 21 riders the first day with 18 completions on the first day. Jolynn Maynard finished first and received BC riding Kerryman with a 4:59 ride time on day one. On the second day there were 9 riders [...]

Inexpensive way to put I.D. tags on your horses

If your horse happens to get loose if you are traveling or camping (or at an endurance ride), these are a great way to provide identification – especially if your horses manages to slip out of his/her halter.
I braid these metal ID tags into the horses manes when I travel with the horses or when [...]

Train Wreck Video – my first try at embedding YouTube here

This is a recent video that covers the entire Metrolink train disaster that occurred last Friday near Los Angeles, California. My brother in law is in this video. I won’t say where, so he can keep his privacy but at least other family members were able to see this when it first aired live and [...]

Custom saddle bags
***This post will be updated with pictures at a later date....(can't post pics by e-mailing posts, which is how I'm updating my blog). In the meantime, if you want the pics that go with the post, leave your e-mail in the comments and I'll send them your way. First some updates based on comments from the previous post: The essential items of […]
A very important question and a decision
Very important question: How is it that I'm a morning person who cannot, for the life of me, get out of bed in the morning? Is that even possible? I feel the best when I get up sometime between 5am and 6am. My day goes flawlessly, I'm motivated, have energy, and just spend the whole day feeling happy. I LOVE that pre-dawn/dawn time of day wh […]

Welcome to the Future
This will mark my 100th blog post. A huge THANK YOU to all of my readers...you are the reason I keep blogging! I started blogging due to the fact that I enjoy writing, and this would be a good outlet for that, as well as wanting a place to catalog my accounts of rides and pony antics. I started blogging in April of 2007, so it's taken my this long to […]
Happy Birthday, Dad!
Happy Birthday, Dad! Today is my father's XXth birthday...he can enlighten anyone who asks what numbers are supposed to fill in those x's. :))) I couldn't ask for a better riding partner to spend the hours and miles with along the trail. Thank you for following me into this crazy horse obsession, and for making me a better horseperson along […]

Officially Official
Sunday afternoon, and I am sitting in the Reno Nevada airport, watching the snow fall. Last night it started before sunset, and has kept falling. It reminds me that this happened to us just last week at home! But here, they actually have snow plows, and are prepared for such weather. Our flight is delayed so far, about an hour, but we have no place else to […]
Almost......
It is almost here. In less than 24 hours we will have our big awards banquet and we will receive the award we aimed for this past ride season. As I watch a bit of the Olympics, I look at the faces of the competitors, and know a bit about the thoughts they have as they get read to compete, or afterwards waiting for scores, or later, as those who won, stand u […]

"The Untouchables" Aired a Potent Series Episode Fifty Years Ago Today
As so aptly noted by The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows: "With the chatter of machine-gun fire and the squeal of tires on Chicago streets, The Untouchables brought furious controversy— and big ratings— to ABC in the early 1960s." This was no more evident than in the March 10, 1960 episode "The White Slavers." […]
Stephen J. Cannell on "Wiseguy"
Wiseguy: The Collector's Edition gets released on DVD tomorrow. Although short-lived (it ran from 1987-90), Wiseguy garnered Emmy nominations for Best Drama series and acting nominations for star Ken Wahl and supporting player Jonathan Banks; Wahl was awarded the Golden Globe. Harry and Wally's Favorite TV Shows (by Harry Castleman & Walter J. […]

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