Thursday, January 2, 2014
January 2, 2014 - EQUICAMPING.COM UP AND RUNNING!!!
After a very long time coming, we've finally managed to put together our long-awaited horsecamping website, www.equicamping.com. Here is where we will now be putting our blog posts, and have added a forum to discuss every horse camping topic you can imagine. In addition, with what we believe will be our most valuable asset, we've added a Map Exchange. We have collected hundreds of maps over the years, both print and GPS, and now we're making them available to you! In addition, we're going to ask our web visitors that if YOU have a print or online map, or a GPS-made trail map that you'd like to share, let us have it and we'll be sure to spread the word to the rest of the trailriding community! So join us at Equicamping.com, and meet up online with people of like minds all over the country! Thanks for being a blogspot reader, and we'll see you at Equicamping.com!
Saturday, December 28, 2013
Saturday, Dec. 28, 2013 - Ride Around the Neighborhood
Sunday, December 22, 2013
Sunday, Dec. 22, 2013 - Travel Day to Brother Glenn's
With just another relatively short drive today, we let ourselves sleep to about our usual time, then packed up and headed out, with the usual stops at the dump, for fuel, and a grocery stop at H.E.B. And CVS before arriving just after 2:00. Didn't take long to get settled in, with the horses on their anchors, happily munching away on the large yard. The final brother from Florida arrived by 7:30, and we had dinner and spent the evening with the family.
Saturday, December 21, 2013
Saturday, Dec. 21, 2013 - Rainy Day
As promised in the forecast, more rain moved in today, so we just battened down and let it rain!
Friday, December 20, 2013
Friday, Dec. 20, 2013 - Long Ride Day at Willis Creek
Had a much better and safer ride today, doing our best to ride as many trails as possible today, since bad weather is supposed to be coming in and we may not have another chance. Under partly cloudy skies and much lighter winds, we headed east, following the lakeshore trail most of the way. We missed a trail somewhere, so we didn't get quite as close to the lake shore as the map suggested, but that was fine, as all the terrain is pretty much the same out here, wide open with the just a few copses of trees. Hubby and I resumed a riding strategy that we used to do down in Florida, I would jog and he would trot past me about 15 feet before stopping, I'd keep jogging until I reached him, at which point Clio would start trotting ahead of us, until Hubby stopped her again. That way I can work the jitters out of Apollo and let Hubby do his own speed, he hates to hold Clio back. Apollo was much better today, he seemed to have gotten used to the smells, and with a lighter wind he was almost back to sanity. I went back to the snaffle rather than the hackamore today, just to be safer, and it helped. Once we got settled down using this strategy for a while, I eventually got brave enough to try some canter, and once when Apollo started to put his head down, I was quick to pull up and throw him off balance, and the settled back down to his canter. MUCH relieved that I was able to control him today! Took a nice long ride, and stopped at a little picnic area that had hitching rails and a picnic table where we ate our snack and rested a bit. Headed back to camp on the southeastern trail, so by the time we got back to camp, we had covered almost every trail except one, just as we had hoped. A much nicer and more relaxed day, great to have a ride with a more cooperative horse!
Thursday, December 19, 2013
Thursday, Dec. 19, 2013 - Work Day
Though we had originally planned on riding today, it was so windy, we decided to wait until tomorrow to take a long ride. Spent the day reading and working on my new website, release date TBA soon!
Wednesday, December 18, 2013
Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2013 - First Short Ride Day at Willis Creek
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