The opportunity to participate in a “bucket list” ride-of-a-lifetime came at the end of my second summer in Estes Park, Colorado. Because my father resided in an Estes nursing home, I spent most of the summers of 2013 and 2014 riding in the Rockies and looking after him. My tall, leggy Arabian had more than …
Last week, I blogged about a gal who had a serious horse wreck. She remembers nothing about what happened. Just as I was completing that blog, I received a Nextdoor neighborhood alert that one of my neighbors had lost her horse at a local trailhead. Both scenarios exemplified for me why having medical information on your …
Five years ago, when I lived in Estes for two summers, I rode many different trails in Rocky Mountain National Park. One of my riding buddies was the co-owner of the liveries, and she knew all the trails! My clear favorite at that time was the Bierstadt Lake trail to Bear Lake and back around to Sprague …
One of the first blog posts I wrote over 2 years ago was about NetPosse.com. This organization is dedicated to recovering lost or stolen animals. I am on their mailing list, and just yesterday I received an email from them. There is a missing horse in Idaho. The information provided is as follows: Near Almo, …
Last week’s blog provided a rundown of Day One of my fiance’s and my hunt for the perfect place to land in Arizona next winter. I mentioned that we excluded King’s Stable in Apache Junction from our list of potential landing spots. Perhaps I should rephrase that to state that King’s Stable excluded us because …
Who likes to ride in the snow? Okay, maybe occasionally… but most of us throw feed to our horses and check for large areas of red (bleeding!) in the winter, and wait not-so-patiently for warmer weather. At least I do… However, this is the last year my guys get to loaf over the winter. Next …
