Tag: Oregon

  • Not every ride will be scenic and beautiful and easy. Not every ride will have excitement or breakthroughs or wonderful rights. Some rides you just…

  • I took a chance on the weather again and won, again. I’ve noticed that Tarma is much more agreeable if she’s had some turnout before…

  • When the sun shines, we ride…after working nine hour days so I could skip out early today. I loaded up kid, dog, and mare and…

  • Why do the wildest things sometimes happen with no witnesses? And no video to prove it? Welp, today’s ride was a tad wilder than I…

  • The ground didn’t feel right for a horse today with our recent freeze/thaw temperatures, even with boots, so I skipped hauling out to ride. I…

  • As I sat in my truck, waiting for the big diesel engine to warm up enough to haul to the barn, I hmmed and haaad…

  • Each time I head out to the pasture with my halter, I keep two ideas in mind; either we do whatever it is I’m planning,…

  • Quite a few things went just right today, though I still made two big mistakes. I had a limited amount of time today before my…

  • I started to write this while sitting at a truckstop waiting for my best friend caravan down to the Oregon Horse Center with me. For…

  • Yesterday I joined several other OET (Oregon Equestrian Trails) members in some vigerous leaf raking, followed by an excellent but too quick solo trail ride.…