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Posted on 06/01/2005 7:34:38 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
This is a horse chat thread where we share ideas, ask for input from other horsemen, and talk about our riding and horse-keeping. We have a lot of different kinds of riders and horses, and a lot to share. In the previous threads we have had a great time talking through lessons, training, horse lamenesses, illnesses and pregnancies... and always sharing pictures and stories.
I always have a link to this thread on my profile page, so if you have something to say and can't find the thread in latest posts… look for it there and wake the thread up!
I also have a ping list for horse threads that are of interest, and Becky pings everyone most mornings. Let Becky (Paynoattentionmanbehindthecurtain) and/or me know if you would like to be on the ping list. As FreeRepublic is a political site, our politics and other issues will probably blend in…. There are many issues for horsemen that touch politics… land use, animal rights/abuse cases that make the news…. Legislation that might affect horse owners.
So... like the previous threads, this is intended as fun place to come and share stories, pictures, questions and chit-chat, unguided and unmoderated and that we come together here as friends. There are lots of ways of doing things and we all have our quirks, tricks and specialties that are neat to learn about.
Previous threads:
The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread - thread ONE
The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread - Thread TWO!
The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread - Thread THREE!
The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread! - Thread FOUR
The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread! - Thread FIVE
New folk and occasional posters, jump right in and introduce yourselves, tell us about your horses, and post pictures if you've got them!
With all the great places you've got to ride, I don't blame you for not going anywhere else. You are incredibly lucky!
Can ANYBODY go right up to the crater and look in? I didn't know if it was a restricted area or what.
Before the mountain started rumbling again last summer, there were guided hikes right into the crater. They stopped them then, but they may be back in business now, for as long as the mountain is quiet.
I'd go if I could ride in, but I'm no hiker ;~D
I'm a tiny bit better then a farmer tan. I wear tank tops now all the time instead of Tshirts. The summer my daughter got married I started wearing them. I knew I'd have a sleeveless dress so I didn' want the line. Since that summer I wear them.
Becky
Isn't Crater Lake up there?
I think Mounted Cops are cool. That'd be a great job to have if you didn't have to chase criminals. I think Mounted Park Ranger would be an even better job. They pay you to ride a horse all day and talk to people. My kinda job!
Our volcano blew it's side out, it won't hold water ;~D
How far is Crater Lake from where you are? Have you ever been there?
That would be my kind of job too!
I've never been there, it'd be several hours drive.
My friend that I went on the mule trip with in Arizona was a mounted Game Dept ranger.... and he rode his range on a mule, enforcing hunting licenses and seasons. As an avid hunter, he was also a good and fair game cop.
I'm no hiker either. There's this big tree out in our Forest that everyone hikes to that's supposed to be the largest tree in the state and it's not too far off one of the horse trails, but I've never seen it because you can't ride all the way to it. It's down in a canyon so you have tie the horses at the top and hike down. One of these days I'm going to though. Famous last words! ;o)
Understood ;~D
Ok, I missed the Mule trip story...you gotta tell about it!
We camped, his pack string was loose, just following along. He'd turn the mules loose at night to eat, leaving only their mother, a buckskin QH, in camp, and only needing to bring enough feed for her. They stuck ~fairly~ close, though he was gone a good while looking for them some mornings ;~D
Sounds like a great trip and what a great picture! Though I can tell it was taken some time ago. ;o) How old were you then, maybe 20?
Less than that.... High school - I think I was 15-16.
ecurbh said it looks like I had a mowhawk.... it's just the wind ;~D
LOL!! Leave it to a guy to notice something like that. I never even noticed, I knew what it was.
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