I know what you mean. I love to ride. I can't think of a better way to enjoy premium tobacco than from the back of a horse. You should try it some time. Better yet, come on up to South Dakota and we can have a bowl horseback!
Anyone Own Horses?
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Now that would be a long ride for a pipe. Lol. I live in North Carolina on the coast. It looks like beautiful country where you live.
I guess it does look like a tourist brochure! My thoroughbred mare is the most 'painful' to ride bareback. High wither, prominent backbone and skinnier is not compatible with the male anatomy LOL! It's a good glut workout riding her. My paint fits me like a glove bareback. The others are in between.
Our 'Ride and Drive' party was great! There wasn't a cloud in the sky or a hint of wind. Temps were around the freezing mark all day. You can see in the picture that one of the guys has a covered wagon with a wood stove in it - by far the most popular!
Our 'Ride and Drive' party was great! There wasn't a cloud in the sky or a hint of wind. Temps were around the freezing mark all day. You can see in the picture that one of the guys has a covered wagon with a wood stove in it - by far the most popular!
Dunringill, that would be a long ride for a pipe! Just checked google maps and you're about twice as far from SD as I am. I'll give you a head start. It's about 850mi to Rapid City from where I'm at. Would be a neat ride, through Montana and Wyoming. Did a trail ride out of Thermopolis a few years back. Think it took me about 14 hours to drive there.
How about you start out now, and call me when you're half way there LOL! Was just talking to a friend of mine and our plan was to ride to Mexico in the year of her 40th bday. That is this year! We figured on giving it 6 months to complete. So you can start heading west, and we'll hook up in Kansas!
That would be a lot of fun! I think our careers would probably not let us do a ride like that! You guys can sure come to the Black Hills for some good riding. I have an annual "Men's Campout" weekend at my favorite resort. It is a weekend for adult men (no wives, girlfriends, children, etc) for riding, adult beverages, and premium tobacco. We usually do it in August during the Sturgis motorcycle rally. That is the best time to be up in the high country away from the crazyiness of the highways. We get half a million bikers here for that, and it sure taxes your sanity for a week.
Yup. Sturgis is VERY crazy during the rally. I stay as far away as possible during that time. Rapid City is nuts too. Sturgis is a town of 7,000 people. It is the heart of the rally, but the swarms of people spill over into the neighboring towns. Sturgis is actually part of the Rapid City metro area.
Hunter, I'd love to get away and come up there. I think circumstances would prevent a long trip that time of year. My wife doesn't mind an occasional weekend camping trip with the guys, but I think she might object to a week long riding trip without her! She likes to camp and ride as well. Your offer is tempting...I could smuggle some tobacco over the border for you, too.
We have two having beef cows we need the horses from time to time to work the cows, one is a 10 year old mare we named Dixie. She is 1/2 Quarter horse and 1/2 Mustang, she is short stocky and can go from standing to WOOO D*&* IT in .0001 seconds. The other is a 5 year old gelding Arabian named Eco. He is the cow chaser of the group and flat out he's as smooth as a zipper to ride, his brakes are what you have to watch for..Dixie is my two year old's buddy. Every time she sees him she stands at the fence nickering and pawing the ground till we come and speak.
Frog, those sound like good horses. Eco sounds a lot like my paint, Dillon. He can be a bit of a handful to ride at times. He seems to have some loose skin on his belly, so I have to be careful cinching him up. If I don't work the skin folds out of the cinch area before I step on I can have a rodeo. He's never dumped me, but I don't bounce as well as I used to. I also like horses that go from standing to WOOOO D*&* IT in .0001 seconds. It makes life interesting.
So, sd, plan a week here and bring the wife! Have extra horses, pack gear, etc. Would be awesome giving a tour of our mountains! Oh, I like the 'tobacco over the border' idea too! I'm still waiting for a pre Christmas TAD order...loosing hope that it snuck by the authorities. Autumn Evening was in the order on your recommendation lol!
Hey hunter I'll get some this weekend along our dumptruck of a bull Valentino. Here are some from back this spring
My son and sister-in-law walking with the calved heifers. the white faced one is ubber heavy with calf in this shot.
More cows.
and my son doing it right. Bareback on Dixie (that's his horse..just as him)
My son and sister-in-law walking with the calved heifers. the white faced one is ubber heavy with calf in this shot.
More cows.
and my son doing it right. Bareback on Dixie (that's his horse..just as him)
Frog, your son is starting out right. Bareback is a lot of fun. Avoiding hitting the ground is a great motivator to develop your seat. That ground isn't as soft as it used to be!
I own 4 horses. They are race horses. I don't ride any of them. The guys that do ride them are about 150 lbs lighter and about 2 feet shorter than me.
You give me some interesting food for thought! Honestly it wouldn't work this summer. I just started a new business venture, and my wife just went into private law practice after 17 years as the county public defender. I'm afraid our new enterprises won't allow for a week away just yet. We could figure out the tobacco thing...plain package of "potpourri" and "hobby supplies".
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