Driving Competitions Across America November 14 – 15, 2015

We will get on the road shortly and try to make New Mexico for tonight.  Well we did make Grants New Mexico by about 6:15 pm this evening.  It was an interesting drive as we started out sunny but with wind.  Then there was the fifty miles…

Driving Competitions Across America November 12 – 13, 2015

Yesterday we started for home, Prescott Arizona, and it was a bitter sweet goodbye to my friend GladysAnn.  We shared so much, and caught up on all of the latest news and happening and competed at three events together.  It was a blast and…

Driving Competitions Across America November 9 – 11, 2015

Monday November 9, 2015 Well here it is Monday morning and guess what, it’s still raining with the forecast saying it will do this all day. Sailor, I am sure, will enjoy just lounging around his stall all day. Tuesday November 10 - Wednesday…

Driving Competitions Across America November 8, 2015

We woke to rain this morning at 2:00 am. Temperature of  50 degrees and a cold breeze. As of the start of cones it had not changed so I decided to withdraw and pack up. Glad I did as the first couple of competitors we saw come out of the arena…

Driving Competitions Across America November 7, 2015

We woke up this morning to clear sky, sunshine and humidity of about 86%, ick!!! Unfortunately we had a 12 noon go time.  By the time I got Sailor hitched up it was miserable for both human and horse alike. I decided to totally hose Sailor…

Driving Competitions Across America November 6, 2015

Woke up again to overcast skies and a very humid day that was sure to get even worse as the day wore on.  Being my dressage time was not until 2:22 pm I chose to take Sailor and do some ground work with his lounging caisson to see what sort…

Driving Competitions Across America November 5, 2015

We got on the road about 9:30 am in hopes of getting to Aiken by 1:00 pm but we spent an hour being lost, and frustrated so we didn’t make it there until about 2:00 pm. I got Sailor settled in his stall for the next three days which he…

Driving Competitions Across America October 26 – November 4, 2015

October 26, 2015 Sailor gets a couple days off before we start getting ready for the next event in two weeks.  I can use a little down time too before learning the dressage test for the Katydid CDE, our last event.  October 27, 2015 Woke…

Driving Competitions Across America October 25, 2015

This morning I woke up to a very overcast sky and very cool.  Our time for go on the marathon was 10:40 am, so our hope of the coolness holding out did not happen.  By go time it had warmed up some but the sun was peeking through the clouds…

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