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This One Might be Trouble
By Patty Wilber Last Saturday Lucy (the perfect) packed supplies for a trail crew working in the Pecos Wilderness.
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Heidi and Penny at the 4H Santa Fe County Fair!
By Patty Wilber Heidi, for the first time, decided to enter Penny in every horse class at the Santa Fe County 4H show! This meant her first time at Showmanship at Halter and her first time going English!
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Teaching Stuff to Horses
By Patty Wilber This past week I had a mild case of Covid, which mainly consisted of me feeling very tired, sleeping a lot more than usual, and riding fewer horses. But it did give me some time to ponder.
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Gette’s first show and LT’s first show in a long time
By Patty Wilber First off, I am trying to write, and bugs, especially flies, keep landing on my computer screen and it is driving me nuts. Then, when I try to swat them, I am unsuccessful about 90% of the … Continue reading
Getting Gette Ready for In Hand Trail
By Patty Wilber The Pecos Chapter of the Back Country Horsemen finally got a trail project under its belt last weekend. We had been shut out of forests, along with everyone else, because of the very dry conditions and the … Continue reading
Dump the Equine Sports Boots?
By Patty Wilber Lucy mildly strained some tendons in her left front leg. They seem to be pain free now, but I am giving her a month or so off. That got me interested in looking at equine sports boot … Continue reading
Mills Rim Campground
By Patty Wilber About an hour eastish from Wagon Mound, NM, is a little (6 sites) campground on the rim of Mills Canyon, above the Canadian River. It is about six miles in on a gravel road. It is in … Continue reading
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Back to “Normal”
By Patty Wilber May was a little crazy with our gone every weekend (Delaware, Hawaii, Horse Show, Illinois) schedule. This week, we are getting back to “normal”.
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The Written Directions Adventure
By Patty Wilber In these days of electronic everything, my indefatigable amigas and I did a 10+ mile ride based on written directions. I wanted to say “based solely on written directions”, but we are not total risk takers. We … Continue reading
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Home, Home on the Range…or the Arena
By Patty Wilber I was riding a good horse, the view of the open range was laid out like a feast for the eyes and I felt deep sense of peace and connection. Also, since the 30-40 mph wind was … Continue reading