Why I luv riden :-)

In the distance derby 2013 I now have almost 600 miles.  Should get there after this weekend.  I am doing a "timing ride" for the Turkey Trot CTR coming up at the end of Sept.  All of my CTRs so far have been at the novice level which is about 30-35 miles for 2 days.  In May I did a LD Endurance ride where Jordan and I rode 25 miles in less then 6 hours, so I figured we should be able to do an Open CTR which is 30 miles on Sat. and 20 miles on Sunday (ave.) for a timing ride.  We will see.

Last Chance Dance LD Endurance Ride at Admire, KS

I sure "Luv Riden" oh so much and have been having a great time riding with wonderful friends.  Now I have 2 horses to ride regularly, Jordan and River.  So I "have" to ride more :-)  That's my story and I am sticking to it :-) We have been here almost a year.  I think one of the first rides I did was at Wilderness Park last Nov.  I know it was the first time I rode Jordan in the snow.

I also rode at Branched Oak in Dec. and it was pretty cold, but a wonderful ride.

                                

Since then I have ridden at Br.Oak many, many times and love riding there.  Winter, spring, summer or fall, all you got to do is just call and I will be there.....(name that tune)....to ride :-)

I have been riding River as much as possible too.  We rode at Rock Creek Station with friends and he did pretty good.  He took alot of things in stride, but doesn't know how to use his rear end going down hills so I still have to be careful where I ride him.  I really don't like flying down hills!  He seemed to like the Conestoga wagons though and we enjoyed riding where the wagon ruts are still on the prairie.

Did the timing ride at Turkey Creek and we didn't do as well as I wanted too...but that was OK :-)  We tried to do open on those long a** hills (to coin a often used phrase from that weekend) and Jordan is just not conditioned well enough for that, so we we stopped at 18.35 of the 29 miles that open would be doing for the first day and on Sunday we did the novice ride which was 13.56 miles and Jordan did it like a trooper!  We had a great time but it was very hot, hot, hot!  The views were breath-taking!

The Spring Creek Prairie Audubon is sponsoring a trail ride next weekend and I am now a volunteer to help with that ride.  I rode it last year for the first time and loved it and rode it again this year just for fun.  I am looking forward to showing the area and the history to others on another ride.

I have so much more riden to do this year!  I have almost as many miles this year as I did the past 2 years!  I'm sure it is because I have so many more places to ride and more wonderful friends to ride them with.  Being part of the Nebraska Horse Trails Committee (NHTC) , the Nebraska Endurance and Competitive Trail Riders Conference (NECTRA), Platte River Riders (PRR) and Distance Derby (DD2013) has given me so many more opportunities to ride that I am LUV RIDEN even more :-)