Category Archives: Horse Lifestyle

Why we needed an emergency runaway kit yesterday

Posted on June 24, 2008 by Bill

As I mentioned earlier, “Cash” is in our barn to test him out with our resident horses. Mikki works during the day so we decided to keep Cash in the barn until she got home so we could watch him … Continue reading →

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Help Keep Our Trails Open!

Posted on February 8, 2008 by Mikki

In addition to our expensive horse hobby, we have an expensive Jeep hobby, too. We have a modified Jeep Wrangler and love to go off-road. Some of you may know that off-road trails across the country have steadily dwindled as … Continue reading →

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Horses and the Housing Crisis

Posted on January 15, 2008 by Bill

A few years ago we lived in Arizona during the height of the big real estate boom. We saw the price of houses in our neighborhood jump from $150k to over $300k and the desert all around Phoenix developed. It … Continue reading →

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Goodbye Pinto

Posted on December 31, 2007 by Bill

Gene Autry, perhaps the most famous of the singing cowboys, sang a song in the 1938 movie The Man From Music Mountain called Goodbye Pinto. It’s about a cowboy saying goodbye to his beloved fallen paint horse. The fallen horse … Continue reading →

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Saying Goodbye to a Horse

Posted on December 28, 2007 by Mikki

Last night was a sad night in our little corner of the world. Yesterday afternoon, our pastor was doing some groundwork with a young horse, Nipper, when Nipper spooked, reared, and fell, hitting his head on the ground. You can … Continue reading →

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Long Riding

Posted on December 12, 2007 by Bill

A few weeks ago we posted about the guy who is riding across country (he’s currently in Tennessee). In the comments Elise mentioned her friend’s aunt did something similar. You’ve got to check out End of the Trail.  Bernice Ende … Continue reading →

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