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Black Friday, Shopping and Thanksgiving Holiday

What a day Friday is going to be.  How many of you are going to get up at 4 a.m. or earlier to find some of those ‘bargains’ being advertised?  Here is a post about bargains on Black Friday.
I am not a shopper.  Really.  I don’t mind going to Costco every couple of weeks.  I [...]

Read about some of the most famous endurance races in history!

The Long Rider’s Guild has a lot of great information on their website.  One page in particular has a lot of great history and information including the most comprehensive list of articles documenting the most famous endurance races of all time.  The title of the page is: Articles about astonishing Rides, Rescues and Horse Races. [...]

The latest and greatest — news about Death Valley Encounter

Ring in the New Year at the Death Valley Encounter!  Click here for the most up to date information on the ride.  Entering is easy – submit your entry online at this link.  Then all you have to do is show up and ride!
Here is a brief overview about the ride and how it will [...]

If you have a sticky zipper on some of your horse tack

If you have a zipper that is sticking – such as on a saddle pack, hay bale bag or other item – try rubbing a bar of soap up and down both sides of it.  That should help coat it, and help it along.  Another thing to try is silicone spray.
December is coming soon and [...]

The Pony Express Rides Into History

This article was written and published by the United States Postal Service in 1970 – so it’s 38 years old.  This information plus more can be found on the xprides.com website.  If everything comes together, there will be  another ride like the 2001 XP in 2011.  It may be one last chance to literally ride [...]

Quotation from Ray Bradburry and Audiobooks

We need not to be let alone. We need to be really bothered once in a while. How long is it since you were really bothered? About something important, about something real?  ~ Ray Bradburry
Ray Bradburry wrote the book “Farenheit 451″.  Have you ever read it?  I checked it out as an audiobook from my [...]

Another person back from China who got really sick

I met somebody last night who had been to China in the last year.  Her husband ended up getting really ill and ended up in the hospital.  He had a lot of the same symptoms that I had.  They got an infectious disease specialist working with him right away and even though they have run [...]

Remember to renew your AERC Membership by December 1st!

It’s easy to do online.  Go to the aerc.org website.  From the left hand side of the website look for a dropdown menu with the title “Membership”; select that and then drop down to “Join/Renew Membership”.  From there, select “renew”.  You’ll then need to log in with your AERC membership number, last name and entering [...]

Learn how to tie knots

The Bowline is a useful knot to know how to tie for those of us with horses. The Bowline makes a secure loop in the end of a piece of rope.  It has many uses, e.g., to fasten a  rope to a ring or tree.  It does not slip or bind.  With no load it [...]

Horse bits and other musings

Lately I’ve been riding Granite Chief in a Myler Combination Bit.  It works really great on him.  I’m wondering why I hadn’t tried it on him sooner?  I’ve had it for years, and I’m sure that I did try it on him years ago and for some reason decided that it wasn’t going to work [...]

Shiba puppies live video update

The puppies are nearing 6 weeks old and will be going to their new homes when they reach 8 weeks of age.  I’m going to miss them – it’s been fun checking in on them and watching them grow and develope.  They are certainly a busy bunch these days!  Here is a photo/screenshot that I [...]

BoBo’s Burgundy Hoof Boots, First Time!

I got Bo’s burgundy blitz Renegade’s last week and today was the first chance I had to give them a try out. Took me awhile to figure out what color to get for him and I eventually decided upon the burgundy blitz color.
I also put a set of orange Renegade boots on Chief and wow [...]

Pour Some Sugar On Me

Okay, not really—and I’m not going to start chanting the lyrics of a Def Leppard song either!  Actually, I read an interesting blog post about sugar and all of the health problems it can cause.  It is at the Food Journal, and can be found at this link.  Sugar isn’t all bad, but it is [...]

While my health has improved a LOT, I am certainly NOT well…

I’ve been doing really good the last couple of weeks.  Especially this last week.  I’ve been awake as many or more hours a day as I am sleeping.  I’m also doing things that I enjoy, and staying motivated to keep working out.  I still get tired too fast, and my husband says he can really [...]

Renegade Hoof Boot Tip – Gluing Pads

I don’t usually like to explain something to others until I know for sure that it works for me.  That’s why it has taken me so long to get this up.  I have glued pads into Renegades previously, and have now done enough miles and AERC competition in them to know that it worked.  I’m [...]