Monthly Archives: February 2009
Off to 20 Mule Team
| February 26, 2009 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
I am off to 20 mule team 65 miler! This will probably be my last internet access until I return….I’m already nervous. I’ll feel better once everything is packed up, my trailer is hooked up, and the horse is loaded. I can already feel that this is going to be one of those rides where […] more
Very Virtual Endurance ride
| February 24, 2009 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Endurance.net is having another one of their “Very Virtual” Rides. The goal is to get as many miles in as possible in a certain time period (this VV ride is from March 1 to March 31). You are responsible for maintaining your own vet cards, performing your own CRI checks etc. At the end of […] more
Cavalry Endurance Riding?
| February 23, 2009 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
In my previous post “War Horse”, I highly recommended a book called “War Horse”, by Louis A. DiMarco. I am now three-quarters of the way through it and wanted to share an excerpt with you.This passage comes from the American Plains Indian Wars (late 1800’s). He is describing how the cavalry traveled in order to […] more
2/22 Livermore ride
| February 23, 2009 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Sunday I took Minx out to Livermore with a co-worker/friend and her husband. They are recreational riders and occasionally it works out that I can share some of my favorite local riding spots with them. Their horses are “trail green”, so they like to go riding with a buddy that has a solid trail horse. […] more
Tune up Ride 2/19/09
| February 22, 2009 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
The weather held out and my boss agreed to my “work Saturday plan”, so Farley and I went off to Del Valle in Livermore on Thursday. I was out for either 2 or 2.5 hours, and did somewhere between 14 and 16 miles. My GPS batteries died half way through. You wouldn’t know by looking […] more
We rode yesterday!
| February 20, 2009 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Sorry everyone – my laptop battery died before I could get the the story and pictures transfered to the flash drive to transfer to this computer, that has internet access….yes, the internet thing is complicated right now. It went well. Pictures and story to come. more
Obsessions cont.
| February 18, 2009 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
I wanted to mention briefly what bits I used with what horse. This was suppose to go into the “Obsessions” post but I already mentioned my brain took a vacation the last couple of days. Minx goes in a loose ring, sweet iron jointed snaffle. The rings are ~5″ in diameter and I would consider […] more
