Yearly Archives: 2015
July Link Luv
| July 4, 2015 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Today’s Link Luv comes with…..MerryLegs pictures! The light hasn’t been great and it’s so HARD to get pics of her because she is attached to my hip and unless you want endless giant noses with nostrils and whiskers, it takes effort. But I snapped a few with my phone at our last roundpen session before a […] more
Western States….running edition
| July 2, 2015 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
I went and watched part of the Western States Endurance Run last weekend (equivalent to the Tevis for non-horsey people) and it was a lot of fun. Much like vet school seemed safely far away when I decided to apply as part of a 3-5 year plan, WSER has seemed like a nice safe long […] more
IRL June 2015
| July 2, 2015 | Posted by Melinda under Mel's Life, Pregnancy |
I could swear I just did one of these posts, but here we go again. What happened (and didn’t) last month. MerryLegs Got ridden in the roundpen 1x. Got a couple of ground sessions. Got vaccinated and wormed. You know, normal young horsey stuff. New stuff last month: introduced her to the dremmel. She’s not […] more
Mare Camp
| July 1, 2015 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Last weekend I resolved to make a difficult, yet best-for-the-horses decision. Farley went away to Mare Camp. More widely known as Aurora’s place, from Redheaded Endurance. Here’s my problem. I have really good intentions. I go out to the stable ready to do a ML session, but then once I’m there I’m not in the mood to […] more
25 Things to know before your first 25 mile LD ride
| June 26, 2015 | Posted by Melinda under Equine Endurance, Most Popular |
Heading off to your first LD of 25 miles or more? Feeling a bit nervous? Relax! Here’s 25 of the essential must-knows before (and after) pulling into ridecamp. U Oct 2019 update: This post is now included in my book “Go Ride Far.” I’m leaving this post up on the blog in its entirety, […] more
How to take off hoof boots
| June 24, 2015 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Step 1 Hope that the boots fell off in the 2 days post ride since you saw the horse, but not feeling that lucky assemble the tools needed – hammer and long flat headed screw driver. Thank my lucky starts I’m married to a carpenter and the garage is *teeming* with such tools. Step 2 […] more
Wild West 2015
| June 22, 2015 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
In the week before Wild West my husband and I got away on a little miniature vacation. Here I practice proper position for ride pictures – back straight, leg back, hands low, not talking to the photographers. Friday morning I glued on hind boots. It was by far the easiest, least stressful gluing I’ve ever […] more
