Our Neighborhood August 2008

A little journey down the road...
First time out of the yard for Stetson and Billy.
First time down a busy city street for Tuco.
The horses (and people) did great today.

Music: Mary Chapin Carpenter - 'I Take My Chances'

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• Horsemanship
• Horse
• Riding
• City
• Streets
• Desert
• Senior
• Rider
• First
• Ride

[gershwin2]

Hey Julz, Just sitting here with my popcorn (and root beer of course) pick'in and choos'in my favorites and was wondering what kinda progress they've made in the hood since the last vid. How about you and Biker Billy take another tour??? That Tuco is a beauty..

[filly4billy2002]

Thanks Jen. Tuco is my 'baby horse' He came to me not quite 3 months old so I'm his 'Mom'. Good, Bad or Ugly... he's ALL me and I love Tuco. No intention of EVER parting with that horse. Like Smokie. Hehehe!

Good news is the road is still blocked to most cross traffic down there so it's a little safer on green horses or with inexperienced riders. Cars just RIP down that road normally.

Should take ya'll on a tour a little further out in the desert. It's real pretty out there. :~)

[gershwin2]

Great job. Enjoyed the ride. I have gone from horses (not completely) to horsepower myself. A 2001 Harley Superglide. Battery was dead today. Off to get another one...

[filly4billy2002]

Buy a little 'battery tender' and you won't have that problem. Unless of course you ride your bike every day to keep the battery up. These newer m/c's are real picky about their batteries and no kick starts any more. LOL!

Battery tender is a good investment.

Yes my expertise is motorcycles. Trust me on this bit of advice. :~)

Kinda gone the opposite. Since getting back in to horses don't spend enough time riding the machine. There's cobwebs in my tail pipes. YIKES! Don't tell anyone. LOL!

[endospink]

hey Julz, I bet Billy isn't use to 1 horse power being a harley man..lol Looks like you guys are having fun..cool stuff

[filly4billy2002]

As we know Master Paul-san... ONE horse POWER is all it really takes to give a man (or woman) quite the thrill ride. LOL!

Good idea... I'm gonna make all the WIVES out there with non-horsey husbands JEALOUS. See, I'll take this gray haired guy and make a JOCKEY outta him yet. :~)

Seriously tho, I saw nothing but smiles out there and that was GREAT. Amazing what a few simple riding exercises can do for a persons confidence isn't it? And Stetson gets a big GOLD STAR for being such a GOOD BOY!

[racinphyllie]

Thanks for the Tour Julz! Yup! the high desert is growing. Strained to see if I could pick out my Mama's house. LOL

[filly4billy2002]

Well DO IT Wen... Get off the duff and get 'er done! We'd love to see Ms Wendy's hood.

Maybe a video of the new horsey?

Thanks for watching this one and for the nice comments. We appreciate that. :~)

[filly4billy2002]

Of course Dea! You're all ways welcome. If you do come to visit you'll be right at home son-in-law can come over & speak Danish with you. LOL! Better yet, we'll go to their house for a Bar-b-que dinner.

Hubby is doing all right on Stetson. Had one moment out there when a big truck went by & that kind of spooked Tuco which spooked Stetson, but they both recovered quickly. Gave hubby a lesson in 'emergency brakes' before we left the yard & think that helped.

Your PAIR has me beat right now.

[filly4billy2002]

Well that's good, Tina. When I was putting the movie together I thought... Man this is gonna make em woozy. LOL!

Yup, the city is tightening up on us around here, ever so steadily, closing in. Kind of a shame isn't it? Guess the worst part is that the vehicle drivers don't respect the horses so it gets a little hair raising out there on the roads.

The little cowgirl is doing great in your gymkhana videos!

Good for YOU! HOORAY! :~)

[filly4billy2002]

Yup, Karen it does seem to be universal, the open spaces going away at an alarming rate. There's still wide open territory but I'd have to trailer there now, not far, but too much traffic to dare the ride out now.

Wish we had your farm in the country. :~)

Training vid? That's not really what I do. More like what Roland or Joe does. My vids aren't really meant for advice, just sharing some of the JOY and experience with horses is all. A little slice of life from the High Desert....