A country girl born and raised in the city, I always dreamed of living in the country and owning my own horses. That dream was realized 7 years ago when my dad bought me my first horse. His health was failing and he wanted to see my dream realized before he left this earth. I was no longer a little girl, but a married woman with four kids! Rarely doing things for myself, he wanted me to finally realize that dream. My older 3 kids were teenagers or married. Busy lives of their own. My youngest , Sierra, was 8. So in order to get time on my horse, I bought her a older horse to learn to ride on also. We spent many hours playing with and riding our horses together. Couldn't think of a better way to spend time with my little girl. And thus the passion I had for horses soon became hers as well. We dabbled in 4H, and she soon caught the show bug. As Sierra grew in her horsemanship I felt more confident in buying her a show horse. Now we enjoy a 4H club, and she shows at local and state level.
After show season winds down in the fall, I get to enjoy my time on the trails with friends. I've come to realize horses are my rest. When I am riding, all the stressors of life seem to go to another place. I love the quietness of the barn when I am feeding. The sighs and snorts coming from their stalls. And of course the smell of their coats! I am now living my dream in the country with my own small herd of 3 horses.
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2012 / 307.7 Miles / 33rd Place
2013 / 221.34 miles / 58th place
Looking forward to seeing you on the trails this year!
ReplyDeleteJan. 20, 2014 First ride of the year... 7.76 miles. It was brisk and windy!! But felt so great to be out:)
ReplyDeleteRode Garden of the gods, Colorado Springs Colorado. 1/24/14
ReplyDelete4.58 miles. For a year to date total miles of 12.34 miles
15.45 miles 3/10/14 at Oak Creek trail. Great Ride! Beautiful day and great company:) Checkers and I went through our paces. Doubled our miles in one day, how about that!
ReplyDeleteI'm still a little sore:/
Total to date is 27. 79 miles.
6 miles at Wagon Train lake. 3/19/14 for a Total to date of 33.79 miles
ReplyDeleteApril 9, 2014
ReplyDelete11.22 miles at Two Rivers first PPR for a year to date total of 45.01 miles.
6 miles 4/24
ReplyDelete4.22 on 4/25 am
5.28 on 4/25 pm
Total miles from the Bader weekend = 15.5 miles. For a year to date total of =60.51 miles.
Logging for Cindy 16.1 miles
ReplyDelete5/9/14 Ride at Wagon Train 6.60 miles. For a year to date total 83.21 miles.
ReplyDeletePosting for Cindy :-)
ReplyDelete6/17 4.01 miles
6/19 6.67 miles
6/20 5.17 miles for a totol of 99.07 miles to date. Ah Cindy...you should have ridden another mile yesterday :-)
6/24 7.10 miles
ReplyDelete6/25 8.35 miles
Year to date total miles 114.51 miles
Yay Cindy on getting over 100 miles :-)
ReplyDelete5.48 miles 7/19 at Wagon Train Lake
ReplyDeleteYear to date total 119.99 miles. Ok, I should have taken a few more steps:)
7/23/14 9.55 miles at Rock Creek Station
ReplyDeleteYear to date total 129.54
6.0 miles at Elmwood in the RAIN!
ReplyDeleteyear to date total 135.54
17.6 miles near Burwell for 8/19-8/21 Year to date total 153.14
ReplyDeleteTotal of 16.89 miles for the weekend of 9/5/14. Year to date total of 170.03
ReplyDeletePosting for Cindy. She rode Wilderness Park 10/9/14 -10.04 miles. = 180.07 YTD
ReplyDelete10/15/14 9.0 miles
ReplyDelete10/16/14 11.55 miles
year to date total =200.62 miles
Congrats on getting 200 miles :-)
ReplyDelete10/20/14 Rides at Lexington Ne
ReplyDelete8.1 miles
10/21/14 14.6 miles
10/22/14 5.3 miled = 228.62
8.80 miles 11/2 at rock creek
ReplyDeletePosting for Cindy, she rode Checkers at Wilderness Park 9.96 miles on 11/10/14. = 247.38
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