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The 2010 AERC ride season starts…..tomorrow!

That means it is time to renew your yearly AERC membership if you haven’t done so already.  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, [...]

My horses bad habits & other misc. stuff

I’ll start with Bo because he is so simple and easy.  His worst bad boy behavior is head tossing.  I fixed that simply by using a running martingale.  Hoping to work through that particular problem and get him through it in the next few rides.  Bo is smart enough to know when I have it [...]

XP & Sunrise Ranch Rides on Facebook

Check out the new fan pages on Facebook for XP and SRR! Sign up and keep up to date with upcoming ride information. Plus, you can share photos from your own XP and SRR rides. Have fun!

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Skywatch Friday – The Eagle Nebula

The Eagle Nebula (catalogued as Messier 16 or M16, and as NGC 6611) is a young open cluster of stars in the constellation Serpens, discovered by Jean-Philippe de Cheseaux  in 1745-46. Its name derives from its shape which is resemblant of an eagle.
It is the subject of a famous photograph by the Hubble Space Telescope, [...]

Does your horse move when you mount before you tell it to?

Endurance riders especially are really bad about allowing their horses to develop bad habits like moving or walking off when mounted.  Being that I’m vertically challenged and riding horses that are all as tall or taller than I am, it is necessary for me that my own horses stand still.  I’m not very tolerant of [...]

Facebook user tips

How many of you are using Facebook? Seems like lots of people are these days. I recently organized my friends into separate lists, so I can keep track of them better.  Here are some tips on utlizing Facebook better.  There are some really useful tips there so be sure to check it out [...]

June 2-4, 2001. Almost to St. Joe! Pony Express & XP Ride History

I’m posting this in advance of an announcement for the XP2011.  Truly an opportunity of a lifetime.  Imagine getting the chance to ride across 2/3 of the United States of America by horseback on the historic Oregon/California and Pony Express trail!  It will be the adventure of a lifetime.  Trust me. 
Enjoy the memories [...]

What came in the mail Saturday

I love it when the horses reach new milestones.  Interesting that it worked out this year that on the same day Chief reached 9,000 miles I reached 24,000.  It is kind of weird to think that I have ridden 15,000 miles *without Chief*.  Every single mile on the endurance trail that Chief has done has [...]

If you travel with horses, this is useful to know

I haul horses thousands of miles every year and have learned a lot of useful things on all of those many trips.  It’s not that I *wanted* to learn these things, but out of necessity often I’ve had to.  Most important is knowing how to change a flat tire.  Before heading out on a trip [...]

Riding in sand, High Desert endurance ride, lucky ride #7

I took this video at the High Desert ride in October.  I rode Bo both days there and this was some of the trail on the second day.  We finished in the top ten that day and were 1st in our weight division, so there aren’t a lot of tracks ahead of us – I [...]

Arabian Silk is now available on DVD!

Earlier this year I did a review of Arabian Silk after viewing it at the Reno Film festival.  Click here to read that review.
The “Arabian Silk” DVD is now available at www.arabiansilk.com for purchase. It includes the 49 minute version, 2 trailers and a 15 minute documentary on “The Making of Arabian Silk”.
The cost is [...]

Grand Canyon XP Ride Photos – All 5 Days!

Click on each day in the list below to see a separate photo album.  I have previously posted the 3rd days photos, but the rest were all just put up this morning.
This year, on day 1 we had a light rain in the morning followed by some snow flurries after lunch.  After that, it cleared [...]

Barefoot transitioning: Hoof Boot Q & A

Now that more and more people are reading my blog, I get a lot of feedback and requests from people about topics that they would like to see covered.  I’m definitely not running short on ideas anytime soon, which is great!
At any given time I’ve got at least a dozen or more posts in draft [...]

Chief’s eyelid

Here are shots showing the eyelid healing as of 11/09.  There are still stitches in – they are blue and in the back corner of the eyelid (upper part).
It looks like the last little surgery that my vet did on the eyelid is working.
Through all of this Chief has been an excellent patient.  I know [...]

2009 H1N1 Flu…aka the Swine Flu

Well, it looks like so far about six of us that went to the GRD ride have come down with it.  IT being the dang Swine Flu!
Here is more info from the CDC about the H1N1 virus.  It’s really going around.  I know a lot of people that have it now, or have already had [...]