3equines
11-29-2009, 06:21 PM
I haven't been out with the girls, Sweet P and Peach, for about a month. What time I have had to ride I have been spending on Roxy, the rescue Paint, to build her confidence and put miles on her.
Sweet P shrunk out of her Aussie saddle this summer (she was quite obese, the saddle had a 10" gullet - was a tad big - but now I can't even pad it up, it is just wayyy too big) so all I have is a bareback pad for her. Back to old times - I did all of her training bareback.
Peach has a saddle, so she packed all the goods; I took turns riding one and ponying the other. Sweet P has always been easy to ride bareback, and the extra horsey heat helps warm me up on these chilly winter days. I was very glad to find some sunshine when I got around the big hill! In fact, I had to peel a layer off (one of about 4 or 5!).
The real trails are still obliterated by trees that blew down during the last storm, but the logging roads and quad/motorcycle tracks are passable (thanks to quad users who pack chainsaws!). One of these days I'll learn how to use a chain saw, so I can pack one in on the Haffies and clear the real trails after the storms.
Peach was a little amped up, she spent 5 years as a pasture ornament before I took her home, so she gets the nerves but doesn't lose her brain, just lets you know she is worrying over things. Sweet P is just as rock solid as ever, she's like a little tractor - just turn her on and go, chug chug chug on over the mountain. I love all of my horses and wish I could get all of them out and riding more often.
I've been riding solo most of the time, my young friend is too busy with high school to get out and ride, my riding partner down the road is doing cow penning competition with her filly, and the other horsey friends I have are up there in years and don't ride in the winter like I do. (poor, poor pitiful me!)
At least I am getting out, and I'll be spending Christmas break with my boyfriend, so I'll have a trail pardner for a couple of weeks.
A few pics of our lunch spot, and a big blowdown that I took advantage of as a hitching post while I visited the ladies' room :innocent:. One picture shows the water view, there is a white freighter out on the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
Sweet P is wearing her sexy bareback pad. She's still a little chunky, I want to get another 100 pounds off of her by springtime.
Sweet P shrunk out of her Aussie saddle this summer (she was quite obese, the saddle had a 10" gullet - was a tad big - but now I can't even pad it up, it is just wayyy too big) so all I have is a bareback pad for her. Back to old times - I did all of her training bareback.
Peach has a saddle, so she packed all the goods; I took turns riding one and ponying the other. Sweet P has always been easy to ride bareback, and the extra horsey heat helps warm me up on these chilly winter days. I was very glad to find some sunshine when I got around the big hill! In fact, I had to peel a layer off (one of about 4 or 5!).
The real trails are still obliterated by trees that blew down during the last storm, but the logging roads and quad/motorcycle tracks are passable (thanks to quad users who pack chainsaws!). One of these days I'll learn how to use a chain saw, so I can pack one in on the Haffies and clear the real trails after the storms.
Peach was a little amped up, she spent 5 years as a pasture ornament before I took her home, so she gets the nerves but doesn't lose her brain, just lets you know she is worrying over things. Sweet P is just as rock solid as ever, she's like a little tractor - just turn her on and go, chug chug chug on over the mountain. I love all of my horses and wish I could get all of them out and riding more often.
I've been riding solo most of the time, my young friend is too busy with high school to get out and ride, my riding partner down the road is doing cow penning competition with her filly, and the other horsey friends I have are up there in years and don't ride in the winter like I do. (poor, poor pitiful me!)
At least I am getting out, and I'll be spending Christmas break with my boyfriend, so I'll have a trail pardner for a couple of weeks.
A few pics of our lunch spot, and a big blowdown that I took advantage of as a hitching post while I visited the ladies' room :innocent:. One picture shows the water view, there is a white freighter out on the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
Sweet P is wearing her sexy bareback pad. She's still a little chunky, I want to get another 100 pounds off of her by springtime.