Category: trail riding
When life gets in the way of riding
Like many equestrians, I struggle with carving out the time to ride without neglecting my family and my job. I’ve often joked that I either have a lot of time to ride and no money or not time and more money. This spring, you might have noticed that there weren’t a lot of posts about […]
Read MoreCelebrating the Summer Solstice
Today is the longest day of the year. In some ways it’s shocking; summer is only just beginning and yet starting tomorrow our days will get (marginally) shorter every day. But this is a special summer solstice because it’s also a full moon. And not just any moon; it’s a strawberry moon, so named by […]
Read MoreLions, Tiger and Bears?
This morning I went on a hack. I didn’t have much time, so I decided to do a short loop that kept me in the open fields, except for one small section of the trail that takes you down through the woods and over a small wooden bridge. I’ve ridden that trail dozens of times. […]
Read MoreTrail Clearing
As a territory chair of a hunt club, one of my responsibilities is helping to keep the trails clear. Our hunt does a lot of trail maintenance, which is somethin g that other users of the trail system may not understand (when they complain about horse riders!). Before the first hunt on the trail system […]
Read MoreCelebrating Spring
Welcome to my office
Okay, ‘fess up. How many of you talk on the phone when you’re riding your horse? I admit it. I catch up on my calls when I’m hacking out. I don’t talk on the phone when I’m schooling, but with my head phones plugged in and my phone safely in my arm band, I think […]
Read MoreWho needs Aiken?
Okay, I’ll admit that I’ve been having Aiken envy. It seems like just about everyone I know has gone to South Carolina this winter. Or Southern Pines. Almost daily I am teased by Facebook posts of riders hunting, riders hacking, riders eventing, riders going to shows. I won’t name names, but you all know who […]
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