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| joan and Buckshot |
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| Walker and Buckshot |
My name is joan burlingame
(yes…all lower case…long story) and I have two critters that I love to spend
time with on trails. My main ride is a mammoth mule, Buckshot. Walker, a
Tennessee Walker who is mostly “retired” at age 25+, is my other trail buddy. I
work long hours at Puget Sound Energy and try to spend a lot of my time off
riding. Mules, being smarter than horses (but not necessarily anywhere as easy
to ride) need lots of mental stimulation. I was amazed when I realize that
Buckshot is extremely competitive and loves new things after the first few
tries. So we trail ride, fox hunt, do amateur rodeo (sorting and penning
primarily), participate in Competitive Mounted Orienteering (CMO), and extreme
obstacle courses. There are over 100 horse campgrounds in Washington State and
Buckshot, Walker, and I are working our way through the list. I love exploring
new trails and meeting new people. I wanted to join this group to motivate me
to record not only what trails I rode on which days but also how far we
traveled. I am ready for the adventures!
Year End Total 511.90 miles. Thank you for helping post everyone's miles!
ReplyDeleteBlessing of the Hounds fox hunt today. Only 2.71 miles but it was so much fun. Probably the last ride of the year because I am scheduled to have knee replacement surgery Dec 11. MTD = 421.42
ReplyDeleteSunset ride around Danville Georgetown trails. 3.01 miles. MTD = 500.15. I made my goal of 500 miles in 2018!
ReplyDeleteFox hunted on Area 10 today. MTD = 5.7
ReplyDeleteOn Saturday I drove down to Bolender Park and rode for hours through the obstacles. About ten more full days of effort we may have it down! ;-) 5.15 miles while working the course. MTD = 10.85.
ReplyDeleteAs the sun was about to set Sam and I decided to take all four of our critters on a short trail ride through DG. 1.79 miles. MTD = 12.64.
ReplyDeleteHi Joan! Thanks for the invite - me and Eclipse are Team Princess Sparklehoof. :)
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Wonderful fox hunt today on Area 13. Today's ride was 8.27. MTD = 20.91
ReplyDeleteJanuary 27, 2019 1.6 miles (wow!) cattle sorting. MTD = 22.51
ReplyDeleteShort hunt today - had lots of first timers. 5.6 miles. Yesterday, during the intro to fox hunting clinic rode 3.65 miles. MTD = 31.76
ReplyDeleteYesterday went for a snowy trail ride in the Danville Georgetown. Corie rode Tennessee, I rode Buckshot and ponied Walker. 3.5 miles MTD = 35.26
ReplyDeleteSnowy trail ride on DG. Beautiful ride in about 4-6 inches of snow. Not slippery thought, which was a good thing. I rode Buckshot, Sam rode Tennessee, and Walker came along for the excitement (which there was none). 5.2 miles. MTD = 40.46
ReplyDeleteRode the Campbell Global plantation today with the Ragging River Riders. Rode 6.10 miles on Buckshot. A friend rode Tennessee. MTD = 46.56
ReplyDeleteWonderful ride on Buckshot with Jane Storr in DG. 5.76 miles today. MTD = 52.32
ReplyDeleteSaturday, March 16 ride with Sean and Jeannine Nelson. Jeannine rode Tennessee. 5.73 mile in Danville Georgetown. Part of the time was looking for lost mountain biker (and worried about the amount of cougar tracks we saw). Also, Sunday I rode part of the fox hunt. A young rider felt the need to go back early so I escorted her back to the club house. 2.71 miles (only! :-( ) MTD = 55.22
ReplyDeleteOn March 30th I went on a really short ride with my new dog, Denver, following behind Buckshot. I decided to get back home before things turned sour so we got a whole 0.52 miles in on the trail behind my house. On March 31 I rode Buckshot and ponied Tennessee around DG for 6.42 miles. Total miles this weekend 6.94. MTD = 62.16.
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