Long Thanksgiving Weekend Coming Up

Well.......... my daughter is in Shreveport, LA with her soon to be in-laws, my sister and her family are headed out to camp for the holidays, so Bobby and I are taking Mom to Newberry with us to have Thanksgiving dinner with his mom & sister. We'll have way too much food for our little party, but it will be fun.

Hope to go riding with some friends on Friday and then we're driving down to Doe Lake on Saturday to spend more good riding time with more friends.

Hope everyone has a blessed Thanksgiving !

Progress

We had a great weekend camping and riding at O'Leno State Park with our friends. It was the first time sleeping in our new trailer and it worked out really well. MUCH better than a tent !!

Then Sunday we really made progress by talking Ringer into loading up ! He'll be on the trails with us soon.

NEW TRAILER !

We finally got a new trailer so we can camp and also take Ringer along. We weren't really looking yet, but a great opportunity came up that was perfect.

Bobby, Charlotte and I took our horses to a charity function on Saturday and gave "pony rides" from 10 till 2. Boy were my dogs tired ! I haven't walked that far in years ! It was a lot of fun, though and for a great cause.

Horse Camp

Jenny and I went to "horse camp" last weekend and had a lot of fun. It's called 4-H Adult Horsemanship and is a great 3 day weekend with horses, friends, instruction and good food. We weighed our horses - Maybe is 1050# and Stylin is 958#. I had a pine tree stop my truck for me.....just jumped out in front of me. :<) and when I got home on Sunday - I got bowled over by the horses in the pen. Maybe chased Ringer and Ringer ran..... right into me ! Luckily I just got rolled in the dirt and no one stepped on my head. All in all - a very exciting weekend.

Homecoming

Stylin came back home after 2 weeks being boarded. All the horses were watching over the fence and calling to her as we unloaded her . Of course Stylin had to act all cool, like she was the Queen. Ringer was happy to see her as were Dixie and Maybe, but it was no big deal. After about 10 minutes of greeting and sniffing, Stylin turned her back and ate her hay. Just another day...... we'll probably keep Stylin separated in the paddock for another few weeks at least. Here's the rest of the pictures of "The Mother & Child Reunion" .

Weaning & Riding

We started the weaning process this past Saturday. Stylin got her last grain feeding on Saturday morning then we took off for a 4 hour trail ride with our Happy Trails buddies. After the ride we dropped Stylin off at JW Stables where she will board for a couple of weeks to dry up. She's been 5 days off grain now and her bag is going down a lot, but was able to express milk tonight. I'm told that she needs to go another couple of days. She gets all the coastal hay she can eat and has been drinking well, but her belly has drawn up like a greyhound. I feel badly, but I know it's best for her. Ringer has done extremely well...he whinnied and looked for her for 3 days but never paced or acted up. He hasn't lost a pound and has continued to eat well. I'm looking forward to the time when I can ride Stylin and pony Ringer on the trails.

Photo Contest is over - WE LOST DANG IT !

I have entered a picture of Jenny and her horse Maybe - "Zippo's Diamond Girl" in a longest mane or tail contest. Please click HERE and vote for # 2 ! Voting ends on Sep 30th . Thanks !