Archives for January 2012
Tuesday, January 10, 2012 – Ride Day at Alafia State Park
Monday, January 9, 2012 – Travel Day to Alafia State Park
Sunday, January 8, 2012 – Horse Wash and Rest Day
After a late morning and a leisurely breakfast, Hubby did a nice job of washing out the back of the horse trailer, a long overdue job, and I washed the horses thoroughly, another long overdue job. Of course, the minute she was back on the highline, Clio dropped down and rolled in the sand (washing a horse, the single most futile job in the world), but fortunately Apollo didn’t, so he’s still a nice shiny horse for the time being. I even trimmed their tails a bit to make them even at the bottom, something I’ve never done (we like the natural look), but they were getting so long they could practically step on them, so it seemed the right thing to do. Spent the rest of the day watching football, doing laundry and relaxing, as we get ready to leave again tomorrow, heading out to Alafia State Forest east of Tampa. This turned out to be one of our favorite trails, and even though the campground is a bit pedestrian and perfunctory, at least it was convenient and had all the facilities we needed. Being so close to I-75 will make it a great overnight stop whenever we’re traveling the western side of Florida.
Saturday, January 7, 2012 – LONG Ride to Land Bridge over I-75
Friday, January 6, 2012 – Surprise Spectacular Ride at Ross Prairie
Thursday, January 5, 2012 – Move to Ross Prairie
Wednesday, January 4, 2012 – Last Ride at Goethe
Tuesday January 3, 2012 – Computer Day
Very chilly this morning, so I put the horses out on their anchor in the middle of the sunny field in front of us to warm them up. There were a couple of other horse trailers parked on the other side, just day riders, and a pickup truck came along and took a couple of dogs out on the trails. Other than that a very quiet day as I worked on the computer and Hubby read on his Kindle. Still calling for 20 degrees overnight tonight, we’re going to put the horses in the trailer overnight to keep them warm. Keep meaning to get them some blankets, but also keep meaning to stay out of freezing weather! Seems no matter how hard we try, it still catches up to us. Oh well, at least it will be warmer tomorrow!
Monday, January 2, 2012 – Fifteen Mile Ride on Yellow Trail at Tidewater
Sunday, January 1, 2012 – Rest and Catchup Day
Spent the day catching up on my blog with Hubby watching football. A much needed quiet day.