tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899388425248595265.post6740238383092122067..comments2024-03-26T08:14:17.157-07:00Comments on Haiku Farm: In which Fiddle completes her first fifty-miler and is "fit as a fiddle"!AareneXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18072169739345465380noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899388425248595265.post-61727512578849558102011-04-03T10:39:28.658-07:002011-04-03T10:39:28.658-07:00Hana looks amazingly clean and dry - was she just ...Hana looks amazingly clean and dry - was she just visiting this year? I don't think Fiddle approves of your song; her ears looked MAD!<br /><br />What a great story! I'm so happy for you both.Funderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06358687366401205336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899388425248595265.post-84705219398950480612011-03-29T12:33:08.675-07:002011-03-29T12:33:08.675-07:00Congrats!!! I am so, so, so happy for you! Laughed...Congrats!!! I am so, so, so happy for you! Laughed at the leaving camp backwards. Ozzy was so insulted about the third loop at his first fifty... it was quite a battle. Here's to a great ride season!Domhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00139769676714813261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899388425248595265.post-24244284273176892532011-03-28T21:39:10.256-07:002011-03-28T21:39:10.256-07:00Congratulations!! And what amazing landscapes you ...Congratulations!! And what amazing landscapes you rode through... love the bit about the wild grasses.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899388425248595265.post-45815172805027079252011-03-28T21:27:07.119-07:002011-03-28T21:27:07.119-07:00Congratulations on Fiddle's first 50!
That i...Congratulations on Fiddle's first 50! <br />That is such a beautiful ride, I really enjoyed that blue and white loop, great views.<br />It was nice to visit with you at the awards- I had to jet back to the trailer due to some problems with doors blowing open and such in that wicked wind/rain storm- so who won the drink contest this year?CGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05083608347643075663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899388425248595265.post-20931657825818877072011-03-28T21:00:42.008-07:002011-03-28T21:00:42.008-07:00In case anyone wondered about the white circles in...In case anyone wondered about the white circles in the grass, visible in the videos; those are not tiny crop circles. They're lime circles around what Gregg Beckley refers to as the "residences of indigenous personnel". Badger holes!Asparagus Stalkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13930613459162712179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899388425248595265.post-77233365734929794862011-03-28T19:58:16.587-07:002011-03-28T19:58:16.587-07:00I remember driving from Idaho heading west across ...I remember driving from Idaho heading west across 90 many years ago, and how interesting the terrain and such was as it changed. From desert, to seeing miles of crops, to finally getting more and more trees etc. Love seeing ride pix, as it is always fun to see what folks ride in. That is why I try to always have pix on my ride reportstxtriggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12165396761654165021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899388425248595265.post-14137573261583186472011-03-28T18:58:32.396-07:002011-03-28T18:58:32.396-07:00@Everyone: thanks for the congrats, it's been ...@Everyone: thanks for the congrats, it's been a long and eventful road to get this mare this far...but it's also been a lot of fun!<br /><br />re: backing up<br />Fiddle *hates* to reverse, so it's my "correction method" of choice...if she knows I will ask her to walk backwards, she usually will do what I ask. Sometimes it takes a bit of convincing. Clearly, this time she was sure that I was wrong on the whole "go out and do more trail" issue! I thought that she would concede more quickly, but she is a Stubborn Standie, after all! I wonder if we can get extra points for doing distance backwards, hmmmm.<br /><br />@txtrigger: I've done endurance on other horses...but now *Fiddle* is a real endurance horse. (hurray!) <br /><br />Also, Washington State has plenty of trees...but we keep most of them on the west (wet) side so they will stay fresh. The east (dry) side of the state has very few. On this ride, I saw ten or twenty trees (total), mostly growing around the landowners' houses!AareneXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17569818745110332355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899388425248595265.post-82144739660870122172011-03-28T18:44:37.429-07:002011-03-28T18:44:37.429-07:00Well done! You are now an endurance rider ;-)
I h...Well done! You are now an endurance rider ;-)<br /><br />I have a question, do you have any tres up there? loltxtriggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12165396761654165021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899388425248595265.post-63972487365538536112011-03-28T17:22:20.472-07:002011-03-28T17:22:20.472-07:00That's hard work backing out of camp. You'...That's hard work backing out of camp. You'd think she'd figure that out and take the easy way. LOL<br /><br />Sounds like you had a great day.Rising Rainbowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04239592070775412669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899388425248595265.post-965179313852752182011-03-28T17:17:25.836-07:002011-03-28T17:17:25.836-07:00That is awesome! I love the pics and video!!! :-...That is awesome! I love the pics and video!!! :-)<br /><br />I love the backwards walking thing...oh how I love mares! :-)Clover Ledge Farmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03980479474173795906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899388425248595265.post-62630458245784557732011-03-28T14:21:12.671-07:002011-03-28T14:21:12.671-07:00I love it! Could just "see" you leaving...I love it! Could just "see" you leaving in reverse! :-) Can just imagine too -- all the lounging it took to quiet her down! Good job Aarene! You used some of your pocket full of training tactics to get the job done! I'm sure plenty of cookies too :-) Way to Ride!HHmsteadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16129136410081149976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899388425248595265.post-11815632002649254482011-03-28T14:02:21.342-07:002011-03-28T14:02:21.342-07:00Hooray! Congrats on the completion!Hooray! Congrats on the completion!Now Thats A Trot!https://www.blogger.com/profile/04520915591652905807noreply@blogger.com