The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread! - Thread 11

[HairOfTheDog]

I’m willing to take the risk... The Washington gal isn’t going to be the one to say the risk of rain in OK is too high :~)

And I have sweaters.

[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

LOL...I think we picked Oct. hoping the trees will be changing then.

Any time in the fall and spring when the heat is not bad is going to be a risk. Sept and Dec. could be just as good or bad as Oct. June, July and Aug, would be the only months that the risk of rain would be less, but then you risk the heat.

So pick your poison.

[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

LOL...I just looked out my window and saw my RV...so you see I have plenty of places to put people:)...no one will have to sleep in a tent, even if you bring the bigger trailer.

Becky

[FrogInABlender]

...I can do 18th through 22nd. Those two days being driving days. Visiting and riding days would be 3 days 19th-21st...

Sounds like a plan. Let's do it.

[HairOfTheDog]

~taps fingers still waiting for farrier~

[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

I hate that..d@#% farriers:)

Becky

[FrogInABlender]

...My trailer has sleeping quarters, microwave, fridge and AC so if we take mine it is not a problem, unless Frog snores!

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

Just kidding! I don't snore. Or I don't think I do. Lee's never complained about it, but then I don't think he'd ever hear it above his own snoring. ;o)

[BladeRider]

Yeah, Oct. is risky...

It was in the 40's when hubby and I rode last November! Layer, layer, layer.

[BladeRider]

I don't snore. Or I don't think I do.

I don't think I do either. Never had any complaints but like Lee, Gary wouldn't hear me above his snoring!

[FrogInABlender]

Speaking of saddles, what’d you ever end up doing with that Wintec english saddle you bought that didn’t work out?

[FrogInABlender]

...Oct is one of those months you just never know...

Really?! Around here, October is one of those month that you can usually be assured of some really nice weather. It rarely ever rains. The humidity is low and it's usually in the 70's during the day with 40's at night. Perfect horse weather! That's what we'll pray for anyways.

[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

Remember I sold it to my neighbor, who paid for it by going and making a payment on my new saddle so she could put it on her credit card.

Becky

[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

Yeah, rain is a strong possibility. After Aug, we can get rain here on a pretty frequent basis:\, then as you move in to Oct. it can be cold, but it can also be very nice. Nothing is for sure from Sept till June, and anything is possible. From June till Aug, you probably won’t get rain, but you will get heat that we would lose Hair in:)

I’ve heard from some of the competitive riders, that one year in Sept the Labor day pleasure ride at Robbers Cave was just beautiful, the very next weekend at the competitive ride it was very cold and sleeting. A lot of the riders had come for the Labor day ride and stayed the week for the competitive ride, and hadn’t come prepared for such a drastic change. I don’t know but I’d bet my last dollar the next weekend it was probably very nice again.

Becky

[HairOfTheDog]

Well, it’s nice out... I’m going to go give Bay a real bath. With shampoo. That’ll probably get Mark to drive in, right when he’s all soaped up.

[FrogInABlender]

Oh yeah! I remembered the neighbor part, but not the credit card part. I remember now. She wanted to make payments to you but you didn’t want to risk her not paying, and I don’t blame you. It worked out better for both of you for her to do it like she did.

[FrogInABlender]

I gotta log off. The computer’s going down. Back after while...

[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

It’s so chilly here today, I’m not going to ride. I need to do housework anyway.

I may go push the weedeater around tho later. It’s great for that.

Becky

[HairOfTheDog]

Huh - when it's nice there, it's cold here, we get a nice warm day, and it's cold there.

Bay got a BATH. It was a little on the cold side still, here in the shade where the hose is, but I did it as quick as possible and took him out to move in the sun...

The boy can still trot, eh? :~D

I also clipped his armpits... he gets cinch rubs so easy, I figured that the loose shedding hair balling up wouldn't help.

I'm glad I don't have to show him... his hair is a different color at the root, and he'd be really hard to get perfectly even. He'd look like a moth-eaten buckskin.

Still no shoer.... ~makes face~

[BladeRider]

I also clipped his armpits... he gets cinch rubs so easy, I figured that the loose shedding hair balling up wouldn't help.

I wonder if I should do that to Blade, he is shedding out big time right now. Never thought of shaving his pits. Supposed to be cold this weekend so probably won't get to bathe. Lows 20's in the mornings highs only in the low 50's. Considering we were in the 80's last week! Brrr.

[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

What time was he suppose to be there?

Yes he can trot, looks very pretty and regal:)

I went out to weed eat a bit, and there just isn’t anything really to mow. I got all the big weedy spots the other day...so I’m bored.

Becky