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Well that was a lot of fun! Even with 3 feet of snow, we managed to put on 140 miles with the two horses.

Wonder what John will come up with next!

It also helped me get Parker ready for our first ride coming up.

Really cold most of the day, but no wind, so later in the afternoon decided to tackle Seneca to see what he remembered from the end of Nov. I had only been on his back twice then and nothing since. Brought him into the barn, tacked up with a small protest about the girth tightening, forgot that he could breath :). Out we went with the lunge line to the virgin snow in my outdoor ring. The going wasn't too deep and he lunged perfectly for a few minutes each direction. He then stood quietly fo

OK, so it was nice and mostly sunny, not too terribly cold and 6 inches of fresh snow! So went over to the other farm and tossed all the weaners out to play. Just love to watch them race around and be silly. Then dragged my boy in, or was dragged in by him... to tack up. Farley, is a full of himself coming 5 year old stallion and I am back to the point where I lunge him before getting on <G>. He settled fairly quickly and only fussed a tiny bit at the mounting block. Working on his lo

First we had too much snow, couldn't ride through 3 feet of powder, then it melted and it rained - so ice, then it got super cold (-20 something C). Today more snow, hopefully to cover the ice and it has warmed up some, so tomorrow the plan is to get on all the beasties and see if they remember what a saddle and rider is all about! Actually I have managed to ride Farley (coming 5 year old colt) a few times in the indoor where he boards, but the two at home have been on vacation. Parker is a