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This ride has some hills….

I took 157 photos today but will need more time to do something with them. Here are a couple of the trail. There were some nice wildflowers out and lots of green grass. The horses did well and we had a great ride. Chief rode with a group all day of [...]

Friday evening at Bar H

Had a gorgeous day as you can see by the beautiful blue sky!  Dave rode out with us but Tigger acted up when he had some…uhhh….tack type issues.  I didn’t see it but I heard that the rodeo that ensued was quite entertaining.  It’s amazing that Dave stays on as well as he does.
I rode [...]

Bar H ride coming up

I think the horses like their new haircuts! It has been nice enough to take their blankets off during the day.
Tomorrow we are heading to Perris, CA for the Bar H ride where the horses will get to enjoy sunny and 70′ish degree weather.
It looks like there will be a good turnout for the [...]

The Twenty Eleven Ride, Part 7

This is the third of three articles that I wrote for Endurance News after the 2001 XP ride.  This one was about the accomplishments of the horses and riders.  It was pretty amazing when you think about it.  Here is an excerpt:
230 horses were ridden 67,400 AERC miles by 104 riders in eight weeks. That [...]

The Twenty Eleven Ride, Part 6

Anybody planning on going on the 2011 XP ride should read this (click on link below) to get an idea of what to expect.  Also, because this stuff is a decade old take it with a grain of salt and realize that while some of it still applies there may be parts that don’t.  I’m [...]

Every picture tells a story, and an update on Bo

When I ran across this photo earlier while looking at photos to add to the previous posts about the 2011 ride I had to laugh.
I rode with juniors a lot on the ride and this day resulted in us coming up with a new rule.
No more Pony Express running mounts!  Dave Rabe was always showing [...]

The Twenty Eleven Ride, Part 4

This was the 2nd of 3 articles I wrote for Endurance News following the 2001 XP.
XP’loring the Trail, 2000 Miles of Memories.  Be sure to click on the link to read the entire thing!  If you want to read my diary from the ride and see photos from all 8 weeks, click here.  Karen
Talk [...]

The Twenty Eleven Ride, Part 3

This is an article I wrote for endurance news about preparing for the 2001 XP.  “Preparing for the 2001 XP”.
I surveyed and interviewed many if not most of the riders that went on the ‘01 XP and got a lot of varied responses.
This may help some of you that are planning for the 2011 event.  [...]

The Twenty Eleven Ride, Part 2

Here is more basic information on the 2011 XP ride.  This is also posted on the xprides.com website.
If you are interested in attending this event be sure to read a lot of the information that is on the XP website about the 2001 and 2004 XP rides.
The 2011 ride will be essentially the same as [...]

The Twenty Eleven Ride, Part 1

There is going to be another epic endurance ride on the Pony Express trail in 2011.
The ride will start in St. Joseph, MO on Tuesday, May 24th, 2011 and finish in Virginia City, Nevada.  The route will follow the original Pony Express trail as closely as possible and will be 2,000 miles.  Riders will ride [...]

20 Mule Team 2010

Here are a few photos from the ride Saturday.  I’ve got lots more still to download and will post more later.
According to my GPS, I made it 17.3 miles which was basically to the first vet check.  Bo was off when I went to leave and as soon as I felt him trot not quite [...]

The next ride – a 100 miler

I have a feeling that for this upcoming ride I’ll be the weak link.  I managed to get through four days of the Mojave ride, but just barely.  I made it home then went to the orthopedist right away.  The xrays showed that I have calcified tendonitis in my shoulder.  So I got a steroid [...]

Figuring out how hard an endurance ride really is

I get a lot of people asking me “how hard is _______ ride?”  Sometime I answer pretty vaguely with something like “it’s as hard as you make it”.  Meaning that some rides can seem harder depending upon how you ride them….and they can also seem much easier as well…depending upon how you ride them.  There [...]

I know you wanna go faster, and I don’t care!

I said that to Bo a lot today.  It was funny, kind of like the song “Jimmy Crack Corn”….only it was more like “I know you wanna go faster and I don’t care…you wanna go faster, and I don’t care…we ain’t gonna go faster…so there!  (because I do care)  Not that there isn’t anything wrong [...]

Day 1, Eastern Mojave Endurance Ride 2010

Today turned out to be quite nice. I had a fantastic ride on Chief, though it’s rare that I don’t – he such a sweetheart and I so love riding him. At the start he was pretty amped up but settled in after a few miles and was pretty good all day.
I rode [...]