Driving Huey
For those who don’t know, Huey is our 16yo Dartmoor who’s registered name is Hedgehog Hollow’s American Eagle. While he has been a good riding pony for Amanda, and still goes on trail rides, Amanda is preferring to ride Devil…
Painting Party
This weekend, Vicki was finally able to have her birthday party (almost 2 weeks after her birthday. She had a couple of friends join her for a trip to The Drunken Palette in New London where they painted a horse…
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…
A momentous ride for the family
On Sunday morning, there was a distinct chill in the air, everything was wet from the 3.5+” of rain we received Friday-Saturday, and the wind was blowing steady. Like many other weekends, everyone was up early and we headed out…
October Updates
It has been almost 3 weeks since we made a blog post. It’s not that nothing has been blog-worthy, but rather, we have been so busy we haven’t had time to sit down and catch up. Last weekend was our…
A visit to Roseland Cottage
Roseland Cottage is a step into the Victorian era of Connecticut. Saturday September 24th was National Smithsonian Day and several museums around the area were offering free admission. The kids and I took advantage of the opportunity to go see…
Horse switcharoo
This afternoon Vicki rode Mojo, Amanda rode Devil, and Alex rode Teddy. Everyone did walk, trot, and canter. As a family, we are working to have horses that are appropriate for kids and parents alike. I think we are on…
Ayer Mt Farm Autumn Daze 2016
2 weeks ago, we rode as a family at the Lyme Trails Association Hunter Pace (aka Lord Creek Hunter Pace). I rode Mojo with Alex as my teammate on a trial pony, Zippy. Anna rode Teddy and Vicki rode Devil.…
Dakota
Update – only a few minutes after posting, a long time friend got in touch about Dakota. They already came to visit him and he will be going to their farm this week to be a trail pony for grandkids.…
WGHA 2016 Hunter Pace #3
Last Sunday was the WGHA 2016 Hunter Pace #3. This time, I (Rob) rode on Teddy, Alex rode Mojo, Vicki rode Devil, and Alexis rode Ace. We had a good 12 mile ride that took us 2:16. It was good…