Cody on Spirit
PeppyHello friends and family!
Just got back from my grandfather's funeral. It was a really nice service and it was great to see family and friends. Now I am back to work...
Latest project: Finishing the saddle shed. I have really loved being able to weld things together and create all the different elements of the saddle shed that will make it really functional when riders come for trail rides. The saddle shed will have lights, air, shelves and lots of organized tack. Rope has been ordered so I can create bridles as well.
I was able to participate in a team penning event at the Whipple Ranch. It was a good experience and my team won second place. Spirit (one of the horses I took with me to John and Josh Lyon's certification) did a pretty good job following my lead and gets more familiar with working cows every time we ride. Spirit is really starting to sit in his stop.
We are on our way to California for the weekend. Hopefully the next time we go to California it will be to do a clinic! There will be a clinic for Lincoln County soon as well! Stay posted.
Thoughts from Lucy:
I finally rode Peppy. Peppy was given to us and was once a barrel racing horse. She was easy to ride and neck reins really well. Cody and I took a ride around the ranch, and I actually "sat" the trot for awhile as well. Sitting the trot means that you don't bounce 5 feet in the air off your saddle when the horse is trotting. It is harder than it looks!! =) Little by little I am getting my confidence back after the bucking incident.
California here we come. Some cool history: Some of the first cowboys were the vaqueros from California and they made all their own cowboy gear because 1) there was no where to buy it and 2) they had plenty of time to make it!
Another fun fact: Just to show I was destined to marry a cowboy...I lived in Salinas, CA--host of one of the top twenty rodeos in the North America! haa. I guess that is a little far-fetched.
Have a good weekend!
Just got back from my grandfather's funeral. It was a really nice service and it was great to see family and friends. Now I am back to work...
Latest project: Finishing the saddle shed. I have really loved being able to weld things together and create all the different elements of the saddle shed that will make it really functional when riders come for trail rides. The saddle shed will have lights, air, shelves and lots of organized tack. Rope has been ordered so I can create bridles as well.
I was able to participate in a team penning event at the Whipple Ranch. It was a good experience and my team won second place. Spirit (one of the horses I took with me to John and Josh Lyon's certification) did a pretty good job following my lead and gets more familiar with working cows every time we ride. Spirit is really starting to sit in his stop.
We are on our way to California for the weekend. Hopefully the next time we go to California it will be to do a clinic! There will be a clinic for Lincoln County soon as well! Stay posted.
Thoughts from Lucy:
I finally rode Peppy. Peppy was given to us and was once a barrel racing horse. She was easy to ride and neck reins really well. Cody and I took a ride around the ranch, and I actually "sat" the trot for awhile as well. Sitting the trot means that you don't bounce 5 feet in the air off your saddle when the horse is trotting. It is harder than it looks!! =) Little by little I am getting my confidence back after the bucking incident.
California here we come. Some cool history: Some of the first cowboys were the vaqueros from California and they made all their own cowboy gear because 1) there was no where to buy it and 2) they had plenty of time to make it!
Another fun fact: Just to show I was destined to marry a cowboy...I lived in Salinas, CA--host of one of the top twenty rodeos in the North America! haa. I guess that is a little far-fetched.
Have a good weekend!
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