What a terrific time we all had who attended the day ride at Catoosa Ridge Stables this past Saturday. Karen Gagliano, our East Tn. Representative and President Sam, put together a fun day. Of course, the weather was just fall-perfect and NO RAIN, which helped a lot. I was trying to count in my head the number of riders we had, so let's just say there was a bunch of us. We all enjoyed seeing Heather from Orchard Cove and her mom, Freda, and her usual smiling face (actually, I think they were scoping out the place-ha). We were fortunate to have one of our members, Roger Wyatt, and two soon-to-be members, Johnny Burgess and Freddy Whittenburg, lead the way, as they live close to Catoosa and have ridden there many a time.
Upon arrival and saddling up, we all rode out with the great expectations . I was on my "Bear", who has ridden in groups many times before. Well, he was acting like a green horse and just seemed to "short circuit" about five minutes into the ride. Sam commented that his mare was acting a bit hyper and full of herself, and then Sarah McCoin said how her horse didn't want to load that morning, which was unusual behavior. Let me throw in here that the very next day James was talking to the president of the Warren County Saddle Club and she said they had about three horses at the show acting unusually weird. Perhaps it was something being carried in the horse wind signals?
James and I split off from the group to give Bear time to calm down, then met up with them again down by the creek. All had a bite to eat--Roger shared his chicken wings, which I thought was an excellent choice of something to pack besides a sandwich, especially since mine got soggy and for those like Debbie and Karen who didn't pack a lunch---guess they looked pitiful and Roger took heart. Terry was doing his usual stuff on the ride, including horse trading. Go figure~
Almost back, we rode/splashed through one nice-sized mud hole with standing water. I was wearing a white shirt--that shirt is now in the rag bin. Enough said on that one!
We all finished out the ride together and agreed it had been a great day with more fun time in the saddle.
Catoosa Ridge will be our meeting place in February 2010, and some of us plan to stay overnight, ride, etc. I'm sure Sam will be sending out info on that as time draws closer.
Upon arrival and saddling up, we all rode out with the great expectations . I was on my "Bear", who has ridden in groups many times before. Well, he was acting like a green horse and just seemed to "short circuit" about five minutes into the ride. Sam commented that his mare was acting a bit hyper and full of herself, and then Sarah McCoin said how her horse didn't want to load that morning, which was unusual behavior. Let me throw in here that the very next day James was talking to the president of the Warren County Saddle Club and she said they had about three horses at the show acting unusually weird. Perhaps it was something being carried in the horse wind signals?
James and I split off from the group to give Bear time to calm down, then met up with them again down by the creek. All had a bite to eat--Roger shared his chicken wings, which I thought was an excellent choice of something to pack besides a sandwich, especially since mine got soggy and for those like Debbie and Karen who didn't pack a lunch---guess they looked pitiful and Roger took heart. Terry was doing his usual stuff on the ride, including horse trading. Go figure~
Almost back, we rode/splashed through one nice-sized mud hole with standing water. I was wearing a white shirt--that shirt is now in the rag bin. Enough said on that one!
We all finished out the ride together and agreed it had been a great day with more fun time in the saddle.
Catoosa Ridge will be our meeting place in February 2010, and some of us plan to stay overnight, ride, etc. I'm sure Sam will be sending out info on that as time draws closer.
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