tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post482734450780353794..comments2024-01-03T03:28:48.980-07:00Comments on mugwump Chronicles: Mugs/Big K Clinic 2013Mugwumphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01487540636265322556noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post-78256276883746252182014-04-18T18:31:10.000-06:002014-04-18T18:31:10.000-06:00I wish so badly that I could do this this year, bu...I wish so badly that I could do this this year, but Suki's just recovering from OCD surgery in her hocks, and I want to give her an easy summer of trail rides. Please do this next year! Or come to canada!!!battleshipdestroyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11590279722824366488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post-87851135044823429832014-04-18T18:22:24.918-06:002014-04-18T18:22:24.918-06:00I think you're right Mugs, I think you're ...I think you're right Mugs, I think you're right...SquirrelGurlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13250021359943339819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post-7089307007339394712014-04-16T15:00:48.396-06:002014-04-16T15:00:48.396-06:00So Mugs, there are a lot of people (my self includ...So Mugs, there are a lot of people (my self included) who would love to ride with you, but can't make the haul out west. Would you be interested in traveling closer to us and putting on a clinic? Or how about a group trail ride and camp out?Shadow Riderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02015365019108553741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post-48937750348044200742014-04-16T14:22:12.470-06:002014-04-16T14:22:12.470-06:00Oh gosh Heidi, I was having similar crazy notions ...Oh gosh Heidi, I was having similar crazy notions to the point where I'm submitting my passport application tomorrow (better to have it and not need it, than need it and not have it, right?). But my husband-to-be keeps reminding me that we have two other big events this summer, and I probably don't need to make it a third...<br /><br />Southern Ontario farmland is my home too and I happily enjoy the milder winters instead of the harsher wilderness of the North.Pishkeenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16261164597093156192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post-36601874849433694372014-04-16T10:42:07.626-06:002014-04-16T10:42:07.626-06:00This is fantastic! I've driven across the Can...This is fantastic! I've driven across the Canadian prairies a couple times and it's amazing. Most people think it's tedious and there's nothing to look at but I find it beautiful. Last spring we were driving through Saskatchewan at sunset and everything was blue and yellow; it was like being inside a painting. I have to say, I'll always prefer my southern Ontario farmland, but I will defend the prairies to anybody who slags it.<br /><br />And Pishkeen, I totally understand what you're saying about northern Ontario! It's the opposite of what you see out west, a different kind of beauty. <br /><br />As for road trippin' music… my husband has been making music sound good for 25 years and often doesn't want to listen unless he's on the clock. So we drive with road noise more than we used to. But, he's worked on so much jazz in the last decade and when would I ever have heard any of that? Years ago I would have picked all metal all the time for driving!<br /><br />I'm having stupid thoughts like, we could do the go-hard road trip and be there in three days… I am getting way too old for that...Heidi the Hickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00639479864903922047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post-30089479618573963502014-04-14T21:48:40.376-06:002014-04-14T21:48:40.376-06:00I moved out west (summer working a dude ranch in M...I moved out west (summer working a dude ranch in MT, then a winter ski lodge in CO, and i've found my place in WY). I'm actually right on the route you drove too :) I am stupid in love with looking out my windows. There's all this hard red/brown, dusty green flat. Then, pow! Butte or hills or herd of cattle or buffalo. The light is stunning, and then there's the mountains and the snow... Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03731521274456530887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post-21992028404343293072014-04-14T20:03:47.265-06:002014-04-14T20:03:47.265-06:00So glad you are doing this. Love the photos. Tha...So glad you are doing this. Love the photos. Thanks for sharing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post-5237126265475385672014-04-14T19:22:08.898-06:002014-04-14T19:22:08.898-06:00It's funny Mugs, cus I've often been envio...It's funny Mugs, cus I've often been envious of you. I rode a ton in highschool, but in a pretty limited way compared to some of your stories. I'm just getting back into it now that I found this amazing place, and I really hope that I don't screw it up. I haven't had the great experiences and horses that you have; hopefully this is my chance to finally really ride.<br /><br />PS I'm re-reading all your training advice now!Pishkeenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16261164597093156192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post-65708342206978243292014-04-14T15:48:15.743-06:002014-04-14T15:48:15.743-06:00Beautiful photos, love the open sky and wide horiz...Beautiful photos, love the open sky and wide horizons and the wind. It's like that where I live, except much of the area is low saltbush shrub rather than grass. :) Joni Mitchell and Piaff sound pretty cool music choices to me.Clancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00349843561587332639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post-34421734260624769242014-04-14T15:06:43.452-06:002014-04-14T15:06:43.452-06:00SquirrelGurl-You're blaming the countryside fo...SquirrelGurl-You're blaming the countryside for your traveling companions...<br />pishkeen-my envy runneth overmugwumphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00319060800328355056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post-83536799025326565462014-04-14T14:57:12.510-06:002014-04-14T14:57:12.510-06:00I feel the same way about driving through Northern...I feel the same way about driving through Northern Ontario... the road twists around hills not quite large enough to be called mountains, through the sheer rock of dynamited ravines, and winds along deep fast rivers. Trees and rocks as far as the eye can see and I feel like the only person in the entire world. I hear you about the small cabin with wide deck... and I dream about a small surefooted horse to ride beneath the muffling tree branches along the deer-path into the wildflower meadows. I can hear distant sounds of my dog scrambling in the underbrush trying to tree something smaller and faster than she is.<br /><br />Have I mentioned I'm renting an apartment on a horse farm starting June 1? And there are trails...Pishkeenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16261164597093156192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post-33827161473970813682014-04-14T13:33:20.665-06:002014-04-14T13:33:20.665-06:00I wish my drive through Wyoming was a beautiful as...I wish my drive through Wyoming was a beautiful as yours. When I moved to Oregon from Maryland in the early Spring it wasn't nearly a beautiful as you described. Maybe it was the time of the year, or the stress of driving cross-country with a sheltie and two chinchillas or riding with my Dad who refused to listen to any music at all...SquirrelGurlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13250021359943339819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post-24261774945102357312014-04-14T12:08:58.247-06:002014-04-14T12:08:58.247-06:00Jan- Got it and play it!Jan- Got it and play it!mugwumphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00319060800328355056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post-6923861079393581252014-04-14T11:58:37.401-06:002014-04-14T11:58:37.401-06:00That countryside would be wonderful with Paul Togi...That countryside would be wonderful with Paul Togioka's Hawaiian slack key guitar music in the background. My favorite (traveling with a car full of chickens to a poultry show) is Ki ho alu Inn.<br />Jan Blawathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06697621979002856884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post-57285450974143359102014-04-14T09:18:27.017-06:002014-04-14T09:18:27.017-06:00"there seems to be a correlation between ugly..."there seems to be a correlation between ugly horses and the five acre ranch"<br /><br />Boy ain't that the truth. When I was in WY (you drove right past my house by the way) I loved it there, and I know exactly what you mean, the quality of horses is much better there. <br /><br />The wide open spaces are amazing, the sunsets are gorgeous, the people are different......and the wind is the worst! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15617546413512282387noreply@blogger.com