Long story short, a few weeks ago, I decided to “take a breath”, pull my foot off the gas and take a step sideways now with Sandman’s training so that I could just enjoy my time with him and hopefully take a bigger step forward later. With horses, there’s this saying that you hear often,…
Category: The Long Ride
Great Time Today Visiting Friends
GREAT time today visiting friends Claire and Troy Eckard at their amazing Iron Springs Ranch. My friend Dylan and I and his daughter Mia took a tour with Troy and Claire and along the way, we had a chance to visit with their horses, chickens, burros, and their very happy and growing cattle herd while…
Mr. Sandman’s I’m a “BIG BOY NOW” Weekend!!
We had a few breakthroughs this past weekend as we took on the White Mountain Tango ride and in challengingly rugged but beautiful terrain.
Two very different partners, but “the times they are a changing”.
Nothing is more constant in life than “change”, and when that happens, it’s often a difficult transition to make and even more difficult.
IT’S HOT , but you know, it’s a dry heat
Our daily routine, kind of mundane but tolerable in the heat, is to give the horses a cold shower every night and then they stand in front of the fans and drip dry while cooling off, then they go and roll and we do this every night.
Masquerade says “Happy Father’s Day Weekend”
He’s my boy and he is an amazing ride partner, just the best and again, he still has some “get up and go” in him.
He was so proud when Lori took this picture and of this ride I did with him this weekend as his Dad chose him to ride on his Dad’s special weekend. These horses will save our lives, have a great Father’s Day weekend and enjoy the ride.
A great ride weekend!
WOW, from every perspective, a great ride weekend!! On the horse side, Sandman finished his first 30 miler in 12th place with all A’s and a pulse of 44 at the finish. These are great horse scores, and I can talk all day about the challenges he overcame, but more importantly for me, the people…
Spring has SPRUNG at Promise Ranch.
We hope everyone had a great Easter weekend and for us, it was especially nice when we woke up to a “kodachrome” moment like never before. This night blooming Cereus cactus (which signifies hope and good fortune) will last a week or so and it’ll trigger the pollinator hummingbirds and bees and then all of…
Green Living Magazine
“I continue to believe as I did, when I began the ride, that the best way to convince someone you are sincere and that you care is through your example. We cared enough about this issue to take on this challenge, and ultimately to finish. With this in mind, the U.S. with 5%…
What Now? (Part 3)
This is a continuation from the post, What Now? (Part 2) Recently, changes in the economic structure in Europe and other parts of the world have caused business interests to think on a more global scale. Technology has made this a very small planet indeed, and has forced many in the business world to…