Catching up
As most of our friends and blog followers know, we stay pretty busy. Lately, that has been an understatement. While I would like to be going to bed right now, I feel we are way overdue for a blog update,…
Category endurance
Team No Child Left Behind dress rehearsal
This weekend was the NEATO campout at Arcadia WMA in RI. We logged over 6 hours of saddle time and 29+ miles of riding. It presented the perfect opportunity for our family to test out camping with the travel trailer…
Introducing Amira!
If 6 horses are good, 7 must be better! Today we brought home a 6yo, 15hh chestnut BLM Mustang mare named Amira. On 2/15/2012, Amira was captured as a yearling from the Stone Cabin Horse Management Area (HMA) located in…
2017 Northeast Challenge Endurance Ride
This weekend was spent in Buckfield, Maine at the Northeast Challenge endurance ride. We left on Friday morning with the whole family in the truck, 3 horses (Mojo, Teddy, and Duchess) on the trailer, and plenty of camping gear. After…
Run and Ride
This morning I ran the Griswold Sunflower 6k road race at Buttonwoods Farm. At only 2.5 miles from the house, it doesn’t get much more local than that. Before I talk about the results, I want to give an update…
Primal Diet and Fitness
This blog post is about 2 related topics that are important to me: diet and fitness. I am writing about this to document my own journey and share some of what I have learned with friends who may be interested.…
Dakota returns
A few months ago, Dakota left to become an occasional trail pony. While not every horse that comes to our farm is a lifetime horse (or pony), it was clear in the weeks and months after Dakota left, that both…
A cold November ride
Alex has not yet gotten to do an endurance ride and Vicki wants to try a 50 this year. We have told them both, it requires lots of time on the trails for the horse and rider. Yesterday, it was…
Pine tree Pioneer Endurance Ride 2016
Pinetree Pioneer Rides were held at the Fryeburg Fairgrounds over 5 days from Tuesday, August 9 through Saturday, August 13. There was a 50-55 mile event and a LD (Limited Distance) 25-30 mile event every day for 5 days. The Pioneer Ride is…
Distance riding attire from a male point of view
Having spent a fair amount of time in the saddle, I decided to document what does, and does not, work for me. Disclaimer – I am still only riding LDs, so I can’t ensure what works for me now will…