On the loose

Tag: horses

  • Get moving

    I’m starting to type this up as I wait by our bikes outside the local grocery store, while my son runs in with a $20…

  • The weekend that wasn’t

    After my last post on all my preparations for an upcoming trip to the mountains, turns out I never even hooked up the trailer. I…

  • Nerves versus hope

    I haven’t been camping with my horse since last year, and that one…still hurts. I’m scheduled to leave for Quinn Meadows early this Friday, to…

  • Always an adventure

    My closest friends and I have worked out a routine this spring; I haul Tarma up to Adriane’s farm one Thursday a month for pony…

  • Contrasts

    Tarma chose this week to show me both the highs and lows of attempting to build a relationship with a horse, especially an opinionated one.…

  • Doldrums

    A few weeks ago my best friends and I had a breathtakingly beautiful ride up and down the lower portion of the Deschutes River. There…

  • Come Along With Me

    With an unexpected Friday off from work, I emailed Linda asking for another lesson. Luckily she was available on such short notice, though the lesson…

  • gear checkpoint

    Now that Tarma and I are starting to get in some serious rides, it’s a good time to do a tack and gear check point…

  • Trailers are tricky

    I know throughout the years we’ve asked (or told) our horses to load into pretty much anything. From tiny “two horse” trailers to truck beds,…

  • This is how legends are made

    I have recently, reluctantly, discovered TikTok, and this blog title is the name of a popular song on The TikTok. It also sums up today’s…