Arguing With The Voice Of Reason

Combined Driving   Last year, Husband drove at the Middle Tennessee Carriage Club Schooling Driving Trial [Show Report]. This year, we volunteered. Me: It’s such a loooooong drive. Voice of Reason: You had a nice ride and good company. Me: We had to get up soooooo early. VoR: Nap in the truck. Me: We wereContinue reading “Arguing With The Voice Of Reason”

Here for the Experience, Milton at Mid-South 2018

Home Team, Combined Driving I got in the big metal box. I drove for hours and hours and hours. (Only 2. ed.) (You go stand in a rattly metal box and then come talk to me about *only* two hours. Horse) I went to live in a home-away-from home for 4 days. All by myself!Continue reading “Here for the Experience, Milton at Mid-South 2018”

What’s Up With Milton

Getting back to SSF trips for Milton. In the small ring, he’s awesome: relaxed, rideable, unflappable. In other places, he is still awesome, but more dubious. He prefers the semi-enclosed, covered ring to the fenced-in, coverless big ring. He prefers both to being outside of a ring. This is problematic creates a learning opportunity forContinue reading “What’s Up With Milton”

Transportation Issues

Driving Thursday The goal is to get horse and carriage on the same load [Milton’s Show Schedule, Driving]. We have two options. Horse in Bumper-Pull, Carriage in Truck Bed We buy a cheap – relatively – bumper pull, leaving the bed of the truck free for the carriage.   PRO Less Expense. CON Less EaseContinue reading “Transportation Issues”

Show Photos: CAA 2017

Driving Thursday With Milton on injured reserve [God Laughs] and no saddle seat shows [Do It All], not much driving going on. Instead, here are some belatedly ordered photos from the CAA Carriage Festival last year [Show Report]. (You may notice that MY photos get ordered right away – the good ones at least –Continue reading “Show Photos: CAA 2017”