Quickie Index:



2008
  • Death Valley Encounter
  • January - big storms, power outages, Splishy, more snow
  • February - pft gets his dream car, Mouse comes home, early spring, new hair, citizenship interview, hay
  • March - AERC convention, Hopi on the trail, Mouse injury, decision on Uno  Rides of March, visiting the buckskin, becoming a real american
  • April - Worming, Fergus comes to our house, multiple trail riding with Fergus learning gaits, Buck Meadows, Roo angst, earthquake, this year's chooks, selenium, Fergus becomes ours

2007
  • January - Ride to Cool - bad Roo; Roomba update; lack of Wild Blue; DVD player! must stretch; new bit for Roo; ride schedule? Fishie quilt; hay barn floor finished; riding with the new bit; Jack update; Subaru windscreen replacement; summer has arrived; or not - temps in the 20s; crupper training; lost shoe; more thoughts on ride schedule (Swanton 100?); photos of the gang (incl. Roo's rubs); shoe back on; Mouse update; Jack and Zini's honeymoon; riding to Virner; bald EZ boots; Jack photos; shoe off again; new shoes for Roo; take-away notes from new100milers list; Third Gate to Auburn and back; Roo's loin rub (Roo-95/9)
  • February- Roo's new blankie; riding Zinnet; weekend riding (incl. White Oak Flat); Zini and Roo visit the vet (Zini still lame); the importance of rest; ride schedule again; Zini's new shoes; sick; RAIN; Zini loses a shoe; SASO cancelled; riding out back; AERC convention (new pad ordered, Sensation inspected); snow! new schedule (VC100?); Provo's lump (Roo-36/3+1 hr)
  • March - cold pones; new schedule (Washoe Valley?); new shoes for Roo; loin rub; trailer heater; Andy Wolf / Cronin / Powerlines rides; Anacondas; 
  • March cont. - Getting Ready for RoM; Coggins / riding from the Overlook; new pad / new cinch / new stretches; Jack's First Ponying Lesson; bath day; Rides of March (photos); leg filling; Wild Blue dish; spring cleaning; pft rides; Wild Blue hooked up!!; Roomba wear-n-tear; Runnin'; Spring is Here! Riding in the Canyon; Chiro work on Zini and Roo (Roo-47/8+Rides of March)(Provo 8/2)
  • April - Ride to Deadwood; broken computers, broken Roomba, tired Lucy; Easter ride; new computer; rain/getting ready; Buck Meadows 50; afterthoughts; new chooks; American River Ride (Roo-48/3+Buck Meadows)
  • May - Letters to Horses; chook update; Girths, more chooks; riding at Cronin; Less chooks, shots, excursion for Jack, and fat legs; excursion #2 for Jack to meet Abi; Washoe Valley Ride - 2 x 50!; Lucy's Birthday; exploring with Provo; "Fun Ride"; tile (Roo-31/3 + 100 at WV; Provo-5/1)
  • June - Trying out the Sensation; NV Moonshine; Being a Horse Expo Demo; Zini goes to the vet; diagnosis; Jack gets gelded; RF > FH; ESRI Conference in San Diego; Little chooks go out; thinking about NASTR; busy; Jack update; NASTR 75 (Roo - 39/3 + 50 + 75; Zini - 7 sessions)
  • July - Ride afterthoughts; hot, hot, hot; new clothes for the trailer; snipping; Chili's badness; training list for Jack (Roo -; Zini - 5 sessions; Provo- 4 sessions )
  • August - Henna; Klutz Roo; hard plastic pad inserts; more roosters; Eastern High Sierra Classic ride; Patrick gets a new toy - a dirt bike; new Sensation saddle; yet more roosters
  • September - Roo gets chiro-ed; fishie quilt; we visit Emma P; VC100; Tejon Fandango ride; horse shopping; the Red horse from Oroville (Hopi) appears 
  • October - herd dynamics; Hopi's first ride; Uno appears from Oregon; trashing the truck and trailer; Lake Sonoma ride (trashing the white truck); the Bobsey Twins
  • November - riding Zinnet and Hopi; lessons with Jeannette Quinn; trailering practice for Jack; TG quilting - fishie and sun quilts; lots and lots of gravel for the driveway; Hopi goes solo; new arena; more lessons; INS fingerprinting
  • December - unsuccessful lesson for Patrick; daffodils; truck back!; getting ready for DVE

2006
  • How Lucy Spent her 40th Birthday - Ride and Tie - 2006 - and other activities
  • August - Jethro appears on the scene; weekend at Packer Saddle; visit to AZ to inspect Jethro 
  • September - Fetching Jethro; Ralston fire; riding Jethro; visit to Shingle Springs to inspect Jack (Roo-46/7)
  • October - Jack arrives! rope halters; Jethro is renamed Roo; herd dynamics; riding in the dark; flying cell-phones;  new truck; Jack in a blankie; barn plumbing; Roo groundwork; barn siding; new truck arrival; Mouse moves to Ann's; Lake Sonoma 50 (Roo-48/3+Sonoma)
  • November - Cultural trip to AZ to watch Rusty dance; more herd dynamics; ponying Zini (lame again); gravelling; rain; more gravelling; internet/phone troubles; Thanksgiving (house rearranging, sick); Wild Blue; Skræl's pin taken out; Jack's 11:2 hh (Roo-28/3)
  • December - Barn rearranging; more gravelling; pft gets a thingy cut out; Mouse update; barn work; IKEA; house cleaning; Marie-Anne and JP visit; rain; rain; rain; bald Roo; gravel-B-gone; Zini's on-going lameness; rain; hay and stall mats; barn wall; falling off Roo; Christmas working on the barn; Roomba! shoeing Mouse; lumberjacking; hair cut (Roo-35/6)
 

 


2005

 


2004

 


2003

2002

2001

Archives
  • Utah 95 - in which Patrick and I take a motorcyling trip to Utah in August. No-one goes to Utah in August... and there's a reason for that.
  • Death Valley 96 - Lucy’s birthday trip, in which she relives some childhood wonders
  • Moab, Utah 99 - where we visit Moab for it's proper purpose - mountain bikes
  • Trails Page (containing various rides on horses/mtn bikes/motorcycles)

 


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