A beautiful sunny day for a ride
Casting a Happy shadow
Casting a Happy shadowThursday, May 28, 2009
Happy's happy now
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Riding Mountain Camping Weekend
May 22, the trailer was loaded with horses and a mule in the pouring rain and the adventure began. Mary-Ann, Kelly, Bre and Megan went off west to the Manitoba Mountains, for three days of riding and camping fun. After a four hour drive we made it to the campsite (not a soul in sight), set up the tents, got the horses settled in for the night, started a camp fire and sat around talking about the next days adventure late into the night.
Saturday morning came very early for those who thought every noise was a bear coming into the camp, for the rest of us, it was a lazy morning waking up, having the morning coffee and again sitting around the camp fire ( trying to get warm after freezing our butts off in the over night -3 temps). As the morning wore on the horses where fed, groomed and tacked up to the long day ahead.
As the sun crept higher in the sky the horses were fresh and ready to go, and so was the trail guide (patiently waiting...). We hacked out of camp and down to Lake Audy bridge, to Grasshopper valley, to main the junction back along Bison lane to Lake Audy campground and back to camp. The first ride out: 5 hours and a ton of laughs.
Sunday morning started out a lot warmer and after a full night sleep, everyone woke with the birds chirping and the sun shining. What a beautiful morning to be in the mountains with great company and your horse or mule. After getting everything ready and the horses tacked we where off again to see what the next trail would bring.
I think every kind of animal was out on Saturday night partying up and down the trails. When we traveled back up Bison lane, we caught sight of the tracks of those night time partiers. Wolf, bear, elk, deer, and moose tracks where on the trail that we came back to camp on the night before (our only sign of wild life, except maybe a far off sighting of elk). The horses had a little bit of an issue going forward down the trail but after doing the slowest walk they could manage with the drunken sailors weave tossed in to make the look complete, we finally made it to the main trail and over to Grasshopper camp for lunch.
We now have confirmation that not all horses have a sense of direction, Smurfi was clearly lost and kept looking and trying to go back to camp the wrong direction. Poor girl, she would still be out there wondering around. Happy - the mule, decided bicyclist are from Mars and are not human hence should be watched until out of view.
What a great weekend - I can't wait to do it again. Watch for the next camp out posting and sign up, it's the best experience for you and your horse or mule.
Sunday , May 31 is the next outing. We are heading over to Shilo for the poker derby and trail trials. Trailer leaving at 9: 30
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Falling asleep in the sun
What a day for a day dream!
Sunny and warm lounging in front of the barn.
Getting sleepy
your eyes are getting heavy
Gone.
Enjoy the day
Colin the cat, Want's a couch!
Colin came to the barn a few weeks ago from a indoor home.
He is fitting in great, good with the nosey dogs,
looking for cuddles from everyone. 
We would like him to find a home. Colin is 6yrs old, de-clawed, and neutered. if you know of anyone who can add this loving guy into the home,
please let me know. I would like to see him in a great home by winter.
looking for cuddles from everyone. We would like him to find a home. Colin is 6yrs old, de-clawed, and neutered. if you know of anyone who can add this loving guy into the home, please let me know. I would like to see him in a great home by winter.We have an accumulation of cats at the moment and would like to re home 4 including Colin before winter.
Please help get the word out there for these guys,
Friday, May 8, 2009
Does "Busy" = "Slacker"?
Wow!! 2 months since I blogged for the barn.
Have we been busy or are we just slackers??
Where does the time go?
Have we been busy this spring??... flooding, not flooding, spring clean up, getting the paddocks ready for spring, fencing, cleaning, clinics, harrowing, ditching, grooming, fixing or is that slacking .. I can never tell the difference..!)
For all those who have been yelling at me to Blog more, here it is..
A quick update on what has been going on around the ranch.
We had some water in the fields for about 2 weeks, just a little bit of a lake ( Swimming Lessons anyone!), then it was gone. Now the horses are moping around having trouble finding a wet spot to roll in and getting all muddy and looking like black blobs.
The arena ground held up very nicely in the crazy "Spring" weather, warm to cold, cold to warm, back and forth, and then it finally happened, we had frost in the middle of the arena on Monday that started to melt. So that means, please don't ride in the wet area.
But on the plus side of that, we have dried up enough for the outdoor arenas to be harrowed and ready to ride in. Now it would be nice if we had the warm weather to go with riding outside.
There has been some of the school horses being moved around, silly thoroughbreds, just need to be with their own kind, and are now in the skinny paddock.
Beejic, Laura's horse went home to Sault St Marie this past weekend. Laura was very happy to see her boy. Cec and I trailered him out on Friday, got to the Sault on Saturday, after a very long and interesting drive (with no cell service). The scenery is beautiful with alot of rocks, trees, lakes, snow and moose. It was a great drive, and I was fantastic company for my sister, I talked whole way - just to keep her awake!!... I am sure that after a week or so, the big bump on my head will go away from where she hit me.. I am sure there is no permanent damage!!
Congratulations to Bree-ana, Robyn and Chantel for doing the CHA clinic and achieving certification, it's a hard clinic, so huge congratulations to all of you. Bree-ana Level 1 instructor, Robyn assistant instructor, and Chantel assistant instructor Next time you see them in the barn, give them a big high five (not sure if that's the cool thing to do but it'll work).
We took our first trip out to Riding mountain park, camping. It was a little chilly, but it was great to get out and ride. Next ride will be going out on May 22, Friday to Sunday with spots for two more riders, let me know if you are interested.
We like to get things/places booked in for the spring and summer and give you enough time to book off work, check out the list under upcoming events. Spots are booked on a first come -to till trailer filled bases.
This Saturday May 9- we are hosting a Irish horse sale at the ranch plus tack sale. I hope everyone can make it out, drop by and say hi. From 10 to 2, hope to see you out. if you have some things you would like to add to the sale bring it with you and we will add it to the table.
Well I hope I have given you a little bit of an update. I promise to give some photos in the next blog.
Have we been busy or are we just slackers??
Where does the time go?
Have we been busy this spring??... flooding, not flooding, spring clean up, getting the paddocks ready for spring, fencing, cleaning, clinics, harrowing, ditching, grooming, fixing or is that slacking .. I can never tell the difference..!)
For all those who have been yelling at me to Blog more, here it is..
A quick update on what has been going on around the ranch.
We had some water in the fields for about 2 weeks, just a little bit of a lake ( Swimming Lessons anyone!), then it was gone. Now the horses are moping around having trouble finding a wet spot to roll in and getting all muddy and looking like black blobs.
The arena ground held up very nicely in the crazy "Spring" weather, warm to cold, cold to warm, back and forth, and then it finally happened, we had frost in the middle of the arena on Monday that started to melt. So that means, please don't ride in the wet area.
But on the plus side of that, we have dried up enough for the outdoor arenas to be harrowed and ready to ride in. Now it would be nice if we had the warm weather to go with riding outside.
There has been some of the school horses being moved around, silly thoroughbreds, just need to be with their own kind, and are now in the skinny paddock.
Beejic, Laura's horse went home to Sault St Marie this past weekend. Laura was very happy to see her boy. Cec and I trailered him out on Friday, got to the Sault on Saturday, after a very long and interesting drive (with no cell service). The scenery is beautiful with alot of rocks, trees, lakes, snow and moose. It was a great drive, and I was fantastic company for my sister, I talked whole way - just to keep her awake!!... I am sure that after a week or so, the big bump on my head will go away from where she hit me.. I am sure there is no permanent damage!!
Congratulations to Bree-ana, Robyn and Chantel for doing the CHA clinic and achieving certification, it's a hard clinic, so huge congratulations to all of you. Bree-ana Level 1 instructor, Robyn assistant instructor, and Chantel assistant instructor Next time you see them in the barn, give them a big high five (not sure if that's the cool thing to do but it'll work).
We took our first trip out to Riding mountain park, camping. It was a little chilly, but it was great to get out and ride. Next ride will be going out on May 22, Friday to Sunday with spots for two more riders, let me know if you are interested.
We like to get things/places booked in for the spring and summer and give you enough time to book off work, check out the list under upcoming events. Spots are booked on a first come -to till trailer filled bases.
This Saturday May 9- we are hosting a Irish horse sale at the ranch plus tack sale. I hope everyone can make it out, drop by and say hi. From 10 to 2, hope to see you out. if you have some things you would like to add to the sale bring it with you and we will add it to the table.
Well I hope I have given you a little bit of an update. I promise to give some photos in the next blog.
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