A great birthday
Today I turned 38. Last night Anna and I went out to dinner without the kids. Since I took a few days of leave this week, I was able to get up before dawn and spend the morning hunting. While…
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Games and candy
I work in the War Gaming Department at the Naval War College. The topics covered in war games we produce are as diverse as the military missions. Some are more conference like discussions. Some are purely experiential for the players.…
Pony Club Horse Trials
Every year, Mystic Pony Club and Shetucket Valley Pony Club put on a show together at Mystic Valley Hunt Club. It is typically the end of October and one of the last outdoor shows in the area. It was actually…
Assateague 2014
The last week of September, we took our travel trailer for a family vacation to Assateague National Park, an island in Maryland. Anna and I had been before in the late 90s, and we thought the kids would enjoy the…
Lyme Hunter Pace 2014
Anna, Alex, and Vicki rode Dakota, Nike, and Devil in the Lune Hunter Pace today. King has been lame this week so we sat out. It was 8.9 miles of gorgeous trails and fun jumps. The kids got to do…
Grocery shopping in the woods
CT’s archery deer season opened on Sept 15th. This afternoon after work, Alex and I headed out to some private land where I have a 2 seater ladder stand. Alex and Vicki both got to go out with me last year…
Introducing Nike!
To celebrate Labor Day, we took the kids to Mystic Valley Hunt Club for a lesson with Maureen Pach. The second reason for our trip was to pick up Nike. Nike is joining our farm on a long term lease. …
WGHA Hunter Pace #3
What does 12 miles in 2:35 on a gorgeous Sunday get you? 1st place in the Trailblazer division for me and 1st place in the Junior division for Alex. Today was our 3rd hunter pace of the summer and it…
What are we eating?
Recently at a fair, a family was talking with me about goats and the use of goat milk in our house. I started in on my discussion with them about the health benefits of goat milk and how it differs…
WGHA Hunter Pace #2
Today was the second WGHA Hunter Pace. Since we sold Calli, and Vicki didn’t handle the distance very well last time, this one was me (Rob) on King and Alex on Dakota. We did the 10.3 miles in 2:10. That…