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More phone apps

Karen Chaton — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 18:40:11 +0000

These are not necessarily useful only for endurance riders, but for anybody using a Droid phone. I found that some apps were battery hogs and have done away with those. I have also learned that if I am at a ride and there is no cell service that I can put the phone in airplane mode, which turns off the phone’s ability to try and access a signal. This will keep the battery working

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Useful Android Phone Apps for Trail and Endurance Riders

Karen Chaton — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:44:42 +0000

It seems like a lot of riders these days have smart phones. I resisted for a long time, but then when my phone started to die on the XP this summer I ended up getting a new Android phone while we were in Wyoming. By that point I had already seen how useful they could be from other riders. I’ve added a lot of apps to the phone that are fun, but there are

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What GPS should I use? Part 1

Karen Chaton — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 17:41:45 +0000

I get asked that question a lot. I’ve been using GPS’s for more than a decade now and have used several different models. I’ve written articles about using GPS’s for various publications. For starters on this topic, I’m going to copy and paste a previous article that I wrote about using a GPS. Keep in mind that this is now several years old. However, the basics still apply and are useful to know.

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Moving average versus total time and figuring out how to ride the Tevis!

Karen Chaton — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:06:43 +0000

My actual “moving” average speed on the Tevis was 6.07 mph. During the 24 hours of the Tevis Cup there were 2 one-hour holds (vet checks), and eight vet checks total. The majority of the vet checks do not have hold times so you have to ride so that you have time to allow for the time spent in those checks.

My ride numbers: 5:15 start, 3:33 finish. That left me with 1:42 time

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I made some new headers; website updates for Sunrise Ranch; kitchen remodel getting closer too!

Karen Chaton — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 18:53:02 +0000

Been getting a lot done this week though not as much as I would have liked. I did a bunch of updates on the sunriseranchrides.com website. From looking at it you probably won’t notice. Where it’s going to be noticed is on the back end when we receive the ride entries they are now going to come in formatted exactly how they need to be to reduce the amount of work that

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What are the best headlamps?

Karen Chaton — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 06:30:17 +0000

Anybody here have any recommendations? I still have my old original blue Petzel headlamp that is probably a dozen years old, or more. It has 5 LD lights on it that can flash or be solid. It is “okay” for doing barn chores in the winter, but is just not very bright. I use it every evening this time of year. It is not really that great for use on a 100. It is

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Blog Updates

Karen Chaton — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 17:34:32 +0000

I just updated my blog to the newest WordPress version – 2.9. It went really smoothly and everything seems to be working in the dashboard. If somebody spots something that doesn’t work in a previous blog post, let me know. I see that the links in my right hand column are gone. I’ll work on fixing that. A widget probably needs to be updated to work with 2.9.

I really like using WP because

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Cool ringtones, and they really are free!

Karen Chaton — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:29:58 +0000

I love having custom ringtones on my cell phone. It’s really kind of cool to have a special ringtone for different people so that you can immediately identify who is calling. There are so many places to get ringtones, either free or by purchasing them. It’s also easy to make them yourself, which is what my husband does.

Bongotones (http://www.bongotones.com) is a great site that will give you free ringtones. There are a couple

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If you do not enjoy the training, forget this sport. It’s not for you. But if you enjoy the preparation, you have found your niche.

Karen Chaton — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 22:23:54 +0000

Karen and Weaver going over Cougar Rock. One of my favorite photos of Weaver!

Tevis is fast approaching, just a few more days!

I thought I would share some great gems of info from the Tevis website.

First of all, who do you think said the quote in the heading of this blog post?

I’m sure some of you got it right – it was none other than Julie Suhr. She wrote this

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Battery conditioning & Guess which ride this photo is from?

Karen Chaton — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 19:20:30 +0000

One of my favorite rides - can anybody guess which one?

First of all – can anybody guess where this picture was taken? It’s one of my favorite rides. This trail can scare some people if they are afraid of heights. It’s very scenic though, and a lot of fun.

Onto the next topic – battery conditioning, which isn’t as much fun as conditioning our horses…lol…but it’s something that we should all be

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