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Sunday, December 11, 2011

Team 3: Vallery

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Hi I'm Jessica Vallery (Aka Jess). I've done one CTR and mostly just do some trail riding and cattle work with my horse Cutter.

Looking forward to having a great riding year in 2012!

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Jessica Vallery said...

10.28 miles Elmwood Mopac.
Rode with Corie and Terri. It was cold but so worth it! Waiting for my phone to sync up than I will post tracks.

Jessica Vallery said...

http://connect.garmin.com/dashboard?cid=9318801

My tracks just posted to my garminconnect acct from our January 2nd ride.

Jessica Vallery said...

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/138966605

2.79 miles
1 hour ride time
Average speed 2.6
Max speed 25.8 ( this has to be wrong. We never trotted that fast and never loped!)

Jessica Vallery said...

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/140203663

Rode 20.65 miles!!!
Average speed 3.2 mph
Max speed 24 mph!

Headed towards Corie's house first and than headed south to meet up with Terri, from there we decided to ride a mininum maitnance road and than decided we would head for John and Tammy Musils house! What a great ride with a great group of friends! I will be sore tomorrow but was so worth it today!

Jessica Vallery said...

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/140681405

7.22 miles
1.37 hours

Anonymous said...

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Jessica Vallery said...

January 29, 2012
9.39 miles
2.48 hours ride time

Met up with Corie and rode. It's was pretty chilly and the wind was biting!

Jessica Vallery said...

5.76 miles

Would of ridden longer but John came and found me on the ranger saying he was having a hard time breathing! Ran home as fast as I could and took John to urgent care. Antibiotics and breathing treatments later he is home and doing well.

Jessica Vallery said...

2/7/2012
1.4 miles
1 hour

Decided I would try to go bareback since I was planning on riding just around the home place and small field, Cutter did well until we started trotting and than he got a little frisky and we decided to take it back down to just a nice slow walk. I am so not a bareback rider!

Jessica Vallery said...

2/13/2012
4.3 miles
We did a lot of trotting and some slow loping through the bean field. Really wasn't that cold and even came home to pork chops waiting for me!

Jessica Vallery said...

2/14/2012
1.5 miles
.75 riding time

Only time for a short ride, didn't even brush Cutter out, just jumped on bareback and walked around the bottom field, practiced a little bit of slow trotting bareback and than practiced opening the gate a little bit. Was a nice short ride and he kept me warm!

Jessica Vallery said...

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/150098315

5.60 miles
1.55 ride time
Average speed 2.9
Max speed 13.9

Had a wonderful ride on Dionnes awesome gelding Cole! Had a saddle malfunction and my off billet came loose and the saddle and I both feel off. Landed pretty hard on my tail bone and back. I'm a little sore but will be fine. Thanks Dionne for the great ride. That gelding is a keeper!

Dionne said...

Thank you for coming out! I am so sorry you fell... I hope you're not too sore! I told you all his weaving at the start was going to get you more mileage than me!

Jessica Vallery said...

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/150541742

2/17/2012
11.27 miles
2.48 ride time

Met up with Corie on 54th and Mill road and did the loop!

Jessica Vallery said...

2/21/2012
7.15 Miles
1.42 Riding Time
4.2 Average Speed

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/151520036

Had a great solo ride, decided to go a different route this time, wasn't to bad except that I had about 2 miles of hiway to ride on and the shoulders aren't very good. Cutter did awesome though!

Jessica Vallery said...

2-21-2012
7.15 miles
1.42 riding time

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/151520036

Jessica Vallery said...

2/22/2012
9.09 miles
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/151750374

Met up with a gal that lives close to here that rides and rode the roads, the weather was awesome! A german shephard followed me home so now I have to call the owners to come get thier dog!

Jessica Vallery said...

2/25/2012
17.13 Miles
4.25 hours riding time

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/152586846

Corie rode over to my house and than we rode towards Terri and met up on Mill Road. We decided we would head towards the river and explore some new area's. We did lot's of trotting and had a blast loping some distances! The wind was pretty brutal but it was worth it!

Jessica Vallery said...

2/26/2012
2.18 Miles
1.25 Riding Time

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/152930810

After my 17 mile ride yesterday I didn't think I would get any ride time in today, than John decided we needed to work some new cows that we got so I saddled Cutter up and headed out to the small stocks field to bring the cows in. Afterwards we just guarded the alley way to make sure no one snuck out before they got thier shots. Short ride with a lot of standing around but I'll take it!

Jessica Vallery said...

5.89 miles

Had a nice solo ride today. The wind was a little chilly even though the temps were so nice.

Can't post my tracks when I update through my phone so will have to do them later.

Jess

Jessica Vallery said...

3-6-2012
3.44 miles on Cutter
Total 125.04

These tracks don't want to upload from my phone

Jessica Vallery said...

3/6/2012
9.01 Miles on Cutter

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/155711315

total 134.05

Jessica Vallery said...

3/7/2012
5.10 Miles on Cutter

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/155832335

total 139.15

Jessica Vallery said...

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/155834863

Here's my tracks from my first ride on 3/6/2012

Jessica Vallery said...

3/8/2012
13.60 Miles on Cutter
Total = 152.75

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/156054271

Decided to ride to Dionne's house! What a great ride! Dionne was nice enough to trailer us home so that I didn't have to fight the wind coming north. Thanks Dionne! Let's do it again!

Jessica Vallery said...

3/10/2012
9.40 Miles
Total = 162.15

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/156620300

What an awesome Ride! Happy Birthday Tammy Vasa!

Jessica Vallery said...

3/12/2012
3.6 Miles
Total = 165.75

Hauled cattle this morning than came home and got a short ride in, the new goat tried to follow me so I stuck close to home incase he wondered off.

Jessica Vallery said...

3/13/2012
8.2 Miles
Total = 173.95

Went around the section twice, first time at a good speed, second time at a slow walk. Cutter had a good sweat going, got him home and hosed him down, I think he liked it!

Jessica Vallery said...

3/14/2012
14.2 Miles
4.5 hours ride time
Max speed 17.7
Average moving speed 3.7
Total 188.15

Rode out on my own for about 9 miles and than met up with Corie and finished the ride. Beautiful weather for March. Got sunburned on my arms and neck!

Jessica Vallery said...

3/17/2012
11.87 Miles on Cutter
4.75 hours ride time
Total = 200.02
Hit the 200 mile mark!

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/158831488

Jessica Vallery said...

3/17/2012
4.11 Miles on Sid!
Total = 204.13

My first ride at home on my new horse, he did amazing and didn't throw one bit of attitude except wanting to turn around once in a while when we were going away from home. I think he is going to fit right in just fine!

Jessica Vallery said...

3/19/2012
4.24 Miles
1.5 hours ride time on Cutter
Total = 208.37

Decided to head out early to beat the rain that was on it's way, took my slicker just in case but didn't need it.

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/159542278

Jessica Vallery said...

3/22/2012
4.24 Miles on Red
1.17 hours ride time
Total = 212.61

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/160478201#

Took Red out for his first ride on the roads! Decided we would go around the section, I saw two harly's coming towards us and was prepared for a rodeo and I got nothing.. didn't even raise his head up. Decided to let him open up coming up a hill and our max speed was 13.6 What a slow horse! I think Cutter walks faster than that! LOL!

Jessica Vallery said...

3/22/2012
8.09 Miles on Cutter
Total = 220.70

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/160554809

Rode over to Cories and we rode around the section that she lives on. Looked for her dogs.

Jessica Vallery said...

3/23/2012
6.21 Miles on Red

Rode around on Red and worked on going through the creek and speeding up his walk some. Roads are drying up nice and even some dirt in the fields is starting to dry out.

Jessica Vallery said...

Total = 226.91

Jessica Vallery said...

3/24/2012
4.62 miles on Cutter
Total = 231.53

Took out to ride the section and on our way back got a phone call that one of the boys here sliced his hand open on a piece of metal. Hoofed it back home pretty quickly and doctored him up. No stitches,just a lot of blood.

Jessica Vallery said...

3/25/2012
7.46 Miles on Red
2.16 hours ride time
Average speed 3.3
Total = 238.99

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/161671692

This horse walks so slow! I had to come home to get Cutter so that I could actually move instead of feeling like I was walking in place!

Jessica Vallery said...

3/25/2012
4.42 Miles on Cutter
1.13 ride time
Average speed 3.6
Total = 243.41

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/161671605

Came back home from riding Red and grabbed Cutter and met up with Corie and Lori on Church Road, started around the section and than split at Mill road. Nice ride! 7 miles to go to hit 250 miles!!!!

Jessica Vallery said...

3/26/2012
3.03 Miles on Cutter
1.25 Hours ride time
total = 246.44

I have been using Garmin Fit on my iphone to record tracks and for some reason it is not uploading to my garmin connect acct. I am just going to have to start using my garmin device and not worry about my phone anymore.

Jessica Vallery said...

This ride was on Red.. not Cutter.. Sorry!

Jessica Vallery said...

3/26/2012
4.95 Miles on Cutter
1.5 Hours Ride time
Total = 251.39

Hit the 250 mile mark! No tracks uploaded to garmin connect but yet I can see them on my phone??? Going to start using the etrex instead!

Jessica Vallery said...

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/162306213
Cutters tracks from 3/26/2012

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/162306169
Reds tracks from 3/26/2012

Not quite sure why it takes garmin connect so long to get them uploaded???? Any ideas??

Jessica Vallery said...

3/28/2012
20.35 Miles on Cutter
Total = 271.74

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/162596193

Rode over to John and Tammy Musils and rode around with John and Chase for a couple miles than headed out with Tammy Dionne Daphne Chase and myself. What a great ride, finished out the ride in the dark. Cutter was his awesome self!

Jessica Vallery said...

3/29/2012
5.30 Miles on Red
Total = 277.04

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/162808040

Got home from running errands and decided to get a ride in before the storms moved in. Started misting on us so we decided to head home, should of stayed out longer because all the sudden the sun came out.... than it stormed.

Jessica Vallery said...

3/31/2012
10.43 Miles on Cutter
Total = 287.47
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/163764680

Met up with Corie and Terri and did the loop, than back to Cories so she could switch horses and than on to my house so I could switch horses so we could head for Murray to meet up with Terri again.

Jessica Vallery said...

3/31/2012
7.77 Miles on Red
Total = 295.24
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/163763364

Corie and I rode from my house and headed to Waverly road and met up with Terri and June Bug. Red is super slow!!!

Jessica Vallery said...

4/1/2012
15.35 Miles on Cutter
Total = 310.59

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/163923053

Rode over to Cories and we rode out from there. Wasn't planning on such a long ride but time kinda got away from us and we rode quite a while. I had almost 4 hours saddle time today!

Jessica Vallery said...

4/2/2012
7.06 Miles on Cutter
total = 317.65

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/163923053

It sure was warm yesterday! I only lasted 7 miles than decided to get back in the shade!

Jessica Vallery said...

4/3/2012
17.86 Miles on Cutter
Total = 335.51

Headed to Musils to get Shoes put on Cutter. Rode there and back home.

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/164501819
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/164553564

Jessica Vallery said...

4/4/2012
17.06 Miles on Cutter and Red

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/164761220
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/164767478
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/164925469

Total = 352.57

Headed out early to the season opener of the PRR Rides. Took both my boys so that Corie could ride after work! What a great ride with great friends! See ya next Wed!

Jessica Vallery said...

4/9/2012
8.37 Miles on Cutter
Total 360.94

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/166591450

Got Cutter out and just rode around home and went around a different part of the section. Took the dogs to the pond to swim. Nice day for a ride!

Jessica Vallery said...

4/10/2012
6.01 Miles on Cutter
Total = 366.95

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/166777972

Have a track meet today and Wade said he's doing an event that will start later in the day so ran out and grabbed Cutter really quick and got a short ride in! Gotta love that horse!

Jessica Vallery said...

4/11/2012
8.84 Miles on Cutter
Total = 375.79

I don't get to ride tonight with the Southeast PRR group so thought I had better get out and get some miles in so I can keep up a little bit. Cutter was a little jiggy at first but it was pretty cool still and he was feeling good. Now off to run my errands!

Jessica Vallery said...

4/12/2012
2.55 miles on Cutter
.75 ride time
Total = 378.34

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/167309123

Wanted to get out before the rain came... was out in the field when it started raining so only got 45 minutes in.. Rain has stopped now but I'm done for the day

Jessica Vallery said...

4/13/2012
8.06 Miles on Cutter
Total = 386.40

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/167697831

Met up with Corie and rode the roads. Will be my last submission for a while, I am going to be babysitting a couple young kids for a week so probably no rideing for me :(

Jessica Vallery said...

4/16/2012
7.46 Miles on Cutter
2.72 Miles on Red
Total = 396.58

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/168860143

Took Red out into the pen first to work the bulls... he did awesome. After we worked the bulls some we just went and check on the stock cows and found a new baby!
Afterwards got Cutter out and decided to do a quick loop around the sections. it's still windy out there!

Jessica Vallery said...

I only need 3.5 more miles to hit 400!

Jessica Vallery said...

4/17/2012
4.00 Miles on Red!
Total = 400.58

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/169172010

Woo Hoo!!!!!! I hit the 400 mile mark! Would of ridden longer today but Cappy the goat followed me all the way and was panting like a dog so we cut it short. Stupid goat.

Jessica Vallery said...

4/19/2012
7.21 Miles on Cutter
Total = 407.79

Sitting at track now and can't post tracks from my phone. Had a good fast paced ride to get it in before track and the rain comes.

Jessica Vallery said...

4/19/2012
11.09 Miles on Cutter
Total = 418.88

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/169736151

Since track got cancelled I decided to come home and just clean up the house, got a text from a friend saying she was off work early and wanted to ride so I saddeled Cutter up again and we headed out. This time I grabbed my slicker and thank goodness I did because it started raining and we got pretty wet! Had a great time and Cutter was awesome! Had a neighbor dog follow me home so now will take him home.

Jessica Vallery said...

4/21/2012
4.39 miles on Cutter
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/170268827

6.84 Miles on Cutter
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/170333699

Total = 430.11

Met up with Christine and rode at Wabonsie. Had a wonderful time and Troy made the most awesomist lunch! Riding the Caves tomorrow!

Jessica Vallery said...

4/22/2012
8.83 Miles on Red
9.01 Miles on Cutter

Total = 447.95

Met Christine at Indian Caves and rode out. On the first ride I took Red out, he did the hills like a champ! Came back to camp and Troy made a STEAK lunch! Yummy!!! On the second ride out I took Cutter and we made some better time. Thanks for a great time Christine! Also got to meet Heather and order my shirts for the derby!

Jessica Vallery said...

4/23/2012
4.23 Miles On Big Red
Total = 452.18

Took Red out for a trot around the section just so I could hit 450 miles! Probably no riding today because I have track... unless I can sneak out early!

Jessica Vallery said...

4/24/2012
5.26 Miles on Cutter
Total = 457.44

Went to track and watched the boy do long jump, than got to head back home before the running events started. Decided to get Cutter out and do a quick ride. Went around the section and than down to the creek and practiced crossing water. Glad I rode early since it heated up in the afternoon. Looking forward to see'ing everyone tomorrow night at the PRR ride at Louisville!

Jessica Vallery said...

4/25/2015
1.90 Miles on Cutter
Total = 459.34
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/171734730

Just ran out really quick to check a part of the electric fence and a calf that was born, real quick ride. Wow it's warm out there!

Jessica Vallery said...

4/25/2012
3.88 Miles on Cutter
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/171790261
Went a little early to the Southeast PRR and rode out with Lori W for about an hour or so, than came back to ride out with the rest of the group.

8.66 Miles on Cutter
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/171821299
Southeast PRR, had 10 riders. Beautiful night!

Total = 471.88

Jessica Vallery said...

4/27/2012
4.86 Miles on Cutter
Total = 476.74

Headed out around the section on Cutter to beat the incoming rain, was pretty windy and chilly at times. Now the sun is shinning and looks like no rain, maybe have to take Red out this afternoon!

Jessica Vallery said...

4/27/2012
2.24 Miles on Red
Decided to head out after lunch on Red. Big mistake! The wind was making my ears hurt so decided to come back to the shed.

Jessica Vallery said...

4/30/2012
18 miles on Cutter
3.28 miles on Cutter

Total = 500.26

Hauled over to Jaunita's house and rode the roads with her. What a great ride! After I got back home I jumped on Cutter again and brought the momma cows in off the stalks so that we can start planting beans this week! I hit 500 miles!!

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/173430166
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/173485792

Jessica Vallery said...

5/2/2012
8.26 Miles on Butter

Drove out to Rammys and she let me ride Butter on the PRR Saunders chapter! We rode at Wildwood lake near Valprasio. What a great ride and a great horse!

Jessica Vallery said...

Drove out to Tammy's. Stupid iPhone......

Jessica Vallery said...

5/4/2012
4.76 Miles on Cutter
Total = 513.28

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/174698677

Quick ride around the section. Got pretty warm out there today. Brought Cutter home and gave him a nice cool spray down and than fly sprayed everyone.

Jessica Vallery said...

5/8/2012
4.29 Miles on Cutter
Rode around the section. Only rode for about 50 minutes and my moving average was 5.1 beautiful night for a quick ride!

Jessica Vallery said...

5/9/2012
6.92 Miles on Cutter
He was pretty jiggy today so we spent most of the time just walking and working on him not pulling the reins out of my hands to try to eat grass in the ditches. Saw lot's of planters in the fields.
Total = 524.49

Jessica Vallery said...

5/11/2012
9.73 Miles on Cutter at Waubonsie
Total = 534.22

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/177058545
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/177087439

Rode with Corie over at Waubonsie State Park. What a great ride! Temps were awesome down in the tree's and the bugs were not bad at all. Wish we could of rode longer....

Jessica Vallery said...

5/15/2012
8.62 Miles on Cutter
Total = 542.84

Got Cutter out and we did the section around our house than decided to try out another section. Came across a grumpy dog but he stayed in his yard. Getting pretty warm out there now, glad I got my ride in early!

Jessica Vallery said...

5/18/2012
18.12 Miles on Cutter
5.20 Hours ride time!
Total = 560.96

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/179527508

Rode the Friday AFTER Mothers Day Ride!
It got really windy towards the end of the ride and a little warm but what a great ride! I was riding back and fourth to try to get more miles than Juanita and Brenda!

Jessica Vallery said...

5/19/2012
8.24 Miles

5/20/2012
9.86 Miles

Total = 579.06

Moving cows to grass.

Jessica Vallery said...

5/21/2012
2.00 Miles on Cutter
7.93 Miles on Cutter
2.87 Miles on Cutter

Total = 591.86

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/180703075
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/180754980
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/180768218

We got the last of the cows moved to the Douglas pasture today. Going to be pretty quiet at home with no momma cows or babies around now for a while. Guess that will give us time to redo the pens and get the lot's spotless! Cutter and Red are happy, tomorrow they get turned out to the pasture!

Jessica Vallery said...

5/22/2012
7.83 Miles On Red!
Rode the Louisville Mopac with Lori W, we had a super slow ride on the two slowest horses in the world!
Thought I would hit 600 miles but guess that will have to wait till tomorrow.... unless I get ambitious and get Cutter out later today??
Total = 599.69
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/181013359

Horses Are Our Lives said...

and here I thought the last 2 days, you would be way too sore to ride too long! Sure, sing me a sob story, then put extra miles in! I see how you are!!! Like you said, games on! LOL

Jessica Vallery said...

5/23/2012
5.58 Miles on Cutter
Total = 605.27

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/181374632

Hit the 600 miles mark! And on my favorit horse too! Headed out to just go around the section than saw some dirt moving equipment so decided to go east and check that out than came back west and continued around the section. Got stopped by two trucks who just wanted to chat! Super windy out there and when I got home had to go get a drink out of the hose because my throat was so dry!

Horses Are Our Lives said...

congrats on the 600! I'm .6 short for 700 so I'm going to go jump on Starlet bareback! see, you are catching up... 5 miles closer that you were! :-)

Jessica Vallery said...

5/26/2012
8.48 Miles on Cutter
Total = 613.75

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/182199263

Headed out and met up with Corie and we rode. It sure started to get warm. Glad we got out there early and got our riding in!

Jessica Vallery said...

Changing some settings in my acct. This is just a test.

Horses Are Our Lives said...

I rode early too! But not early enough, it was noon before I was done, and had horses rinsed off. Came in for an ice tea and the temps were in the 90's already!

Jessica Vallery said...

5/27/2012
6.28 Miles on Cutter
Total = 620.03

Headed out early to beat the heat. Tomorrow is my husbands birthday so no riding for me probably.

Jessica Vallery said...

5/29/2012
7.47 Miles on Cutter
Total = 627.50
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/183994223

Jessica Vallery said...

6/01/2012
8.12 Miles
Total = 635.62

Really wanted to ride longer but was freezing! It's June 1st and I was wishing I had my carhart and gloves on! Brrrr!

Jessica Vallery said...

6/2/2012
4.36 Miles on Red
Total = 639.98

Headed around the section early so that I could get a short ride in on Red before we go to cut the grass hay.

Jessica Vallery said...

6/7/2012
9.82 Miles on Cutter

6/8/2012
15.62 Miles on Cutter and Red

Total = 665.42

Headed out to Rock Creek with my son Wade. Both horses did awesome! Red never took a wrong step for Wade! I did notice that Rock Creek's trails are very overgrown with lot's of tree's and branches down, we worked today on clearing some of the ones we could with our little nippers.

Jessica Vallery said...

6/10/2012
7.42 Miles on Cutter
Total = 672.84

Took Cutter out early this morning before the heat set in. Trotted quite a bit on the rock roads and he was pretty tender footed since I took his shoes off last week. Might have to put front shoes back on him?? His hoofs were so hard when we pulled his shoes I didn't think he would need them, will try him out some more and see how he does.

Jessica Vallery said...

6/11/2012
5.12 Miles on Cutter
Total = 677.96

Did a quick ride around the section and walked up some of the water ways in the bean field. We got some much needed rain last night and the beans are looking better already. Alfalfa is blooming but it's not very tall, we won't yield as much on the second cutting this year as we did last year.

Jessica Vallery said...

6/13/2012
11.50 Miles on Cutter
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/188769991

4.25 Hours in the saddle today for a total of 203.50 hours in the saddle this year!

Rode the Louisville Mopac trail, had a great ride and there was 6 riders total. Lori W. Janet H and her husband and her son, Kim and myself. Had a great time and all the horses did well!

Total Miles to date = 689.46

Jessica Vallery said...

6/16/2012
4.58 Miles on Cutter. Would of like to of ridden longer but it's pretty muddy and humid out there!

6/17/2012
8.62 Miles on Cutter. Wanted to hit the 700 mile mark so headed out with the new dog Sissy with me... she decided we would go along some tree lines and beside some fields and than to the creek, she started chasing something and I had to go after her so turned into a longer ride than what I was exspecting. But I hit the 700 mark!

Jessica Vallery said...

Total miles to date
= 702.66

Jessica Vallery said...

6/24/2012
6.28 Miles on Cutter
Total = 708.94

I have really been not riding much lately, lot's of stuff going on and now football and basketball are in full swing. I'm slowing dropping out of the top 10!

Jessica Vallery said...

6/25/2012
5.32 Miles on Cutter
Total = 714.26

Didn't even make it to the corner and the beagle was following me so had to make it a short ride because the dog will get to hot. Does anyone know why the garmin fit on the iphone 4S keeps shutting itself off? I followed the same tracks I have before and when I checked it it had shut off at .49 miles???? It did that to me at Rock Creek Station also. Is anyone else having problems? I was able to find out how far I went because I traveled the same route I have a hundred times already. Any idea's??

Jessica Vallery said...

6/28/2012
2.58 MIles on Cutter
Total = 716.84

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/193641557

Headed out later than I wanted to. It was already muggy and humid so just stuck close to home. After the ride I gave Cutter a nice cool shower and put him under the fans and Red was down at the pen just looking at me so I went and got him and gave him a cool shower also and put him under the fans... spoiled rotten horses I swear. Might try to get out again later on today to ride once evening rolls around... I'm thinking I need to start riding in the dark...

Jessica Vallery said...

7/01/2012
3.68 Miles on Red
Total = 720.52

Jessica Vallery said...

7/3/2012
1.53 Miles on Cutter
Sorting bulls

7/4/2012
10.14 Miles on Cutter
Met up with Corie and we rode the Louisville Mopac all the way to Springfield and back, was warm when we left and hotter than heck when we got back to the trailers.
Total miles = 732.19

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/195832733

Jessica Vallery said...

7/8/2012
4.52 Miles on Cutter
Total = 736.71

Jessica Vallery said...

7/11/2012
6.65 Miles on Cutter
Headed out West on the Elmwood Mopac towards Eagle. Did this ride solo before the Southeast PRR Ride
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/198266043

7/11/2012
8.50 Miles on Cutter
Southeast PRR Ride at Elmwood Mopac (going towards Wabash)
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/198305212

Total miles to date = 751.86

Jessica Vallery said...

7/12/2012
3.35 Miles on Cutter
I think he is a little sore from our long ride yesterday. Cut it short and sprayed him down and will let him rest the rest of the day.

Total = 755.21

Jessica Vallery said...

7/16/2012
4.23 Miles on Cutter
Total = 759.44

Jessica Vallery said...

7/17/2012
6.36 Miles on Cutter
Total = 765.80

Beat the heat! Now I'm tired though....

Jessica Vallery said...

7/19/2012
1.42 Miles on Cutter
Headed out into the bean field to take a closer look at the plants.. not looking good at all. It was pretty warm so I only lasted about a half hour on horse back, than came back and sprayed Cutter off and ran to the house!
Total = 767.22
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/200987331

Jessica Vallery said...

7/21/2012
5.50 Miles on Cutter
Total = 772.72

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/201592690

Got up at 4:30 am and headed for Juanita's to grab her and head for Waubonsie! Best thought of plans.....
Got to Juanita's before 6 am and she was ready so we headed towards Waubonsie and got about 3-4 miles East of Glennwood and got a flat tire on the truck... I have roadside assistance but it failed me... one hour wait turned into a 2 hour wait so we decided to call my hubby instead, he showed up with a generator and air compressor and a plug kit and had us back on the road in no time flat! Gotta love husbands! Decided we would just head back to Juanita's and ride instead since it was starting to get warm and didn't want to do the hills in the heat. Had a great ride at her house and met Shelly who is awesome! Saw Juanita's new FANCY horse and met her husband. A crummy morning turned into a great ride wtih a great friend!

Jessica Vallery said...

7/25/2012
7.78 Miles on Cutter
Southeast PRR at Wabash Trail. Had a great ride, tire was low on the pick up so Tammy M came and picked me up and I rode with her and Deb. Was pretty warm! Wind started picking up on our way back to the trailer but no rain. After I got home and got Cutter rinsed and put away and storm came in and we got just enough rain to wet the concrete. Would of liked to have had a lot more.
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/203147559
Total = 780.50

Jessica Vallery said...

7/26/2012
5.12 Miles on Cutter
Decided to head around the section and go down the dead end road. Was pretty warm out there but the breeze was nice.
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/203434880
Total = 785.62

Jessica Vallery said...

7/27/2012
4.92 Miles on Cutter
Headed out early this morning to do a vitural ride with Brenda M. Was nice and cool!
Total = 790.54

Jessica Vallery said...

7/29/2012
15.90 Miles on Cutter
4.5 hours in the saddle!
HIT 800 MILES!!!!!

Headed out and met Corie to ride. Just rode the roads around our places. Had my three dogs with us so that was interesting. I wasn't planning on riding that long and told Corie that I wanted to get 15 miles in over the weekend.... she must of misunderstood me and let us out to 15 miles today! LOL! She said that's what I get for getting her out of bed early to ride!
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/203986723
Total = 806.44

Jessica Vallery said...

7/30/2012
3.24 Miles on Cutter
Total = 809.68

Jessica Vallery said...

7/31/2012
3.74 Miles on Cutter
Total = 813.42
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/205284180

Didn't even head out till almost 9:00 pm! Have no choice with this heat but to ride in the later evening when it cools down some. Stuck close to home since it was dark, Cutter was awesome.

Jessica Vallery said...

8/3/2012
3.56 miles on Cutter

Headed out after 8pm. Was a decent evening ride. Cutter was a little goosy with the dog running in the cornfield when it was dark but otherwise was non eventful. Updating from my phone so can't add tracks or do total calculations.

Jessica Vallery said...

8/5/2012
7.93 miles
Headed out early this morning. cutter was feeling pretty good! I asked for a nice lope up a hill and got a head throw and buck! Goofy horse
Next week is our county fair so there will be no riding for me. Love these cool mornings!

Jessica Vallery said...

8-13-2012
6.21 Miles on Cutter
Haven't ridden in almost a week! County fair was last week so all my time was devoted to the boys and thier steers. We had an awesome fair!

8-14-2012
4.58 Miles on Cutter
Early morning ride, was nice and cool.

8-15-2012
7.28 Miles on Cutter
Time to bring baby calves home from my dads pasture. Cutter was kinda a pill today and was throwing his head and prancing around. Must have a wild hair up his butt! Will head back out a bit later today and work on bring some more cows down the road. Inside cooling off now in the air conditioning!

Total = 842.98

Jessica Vallery said...

8/19/2012

Had several rides today bring cows up to the pen to load them up
6.52
2.36
1.25
7.26
2.62

I'm tired and the cows are not working very well with me. Cutter slipped on some grass and now is favoring a front leg a little bit so he is done for the day. Damn cows. Hopefully he will be okay to help push cattle tomorrow.

Jessica Vallery said...

8/19/2012
Total = 862.99

Jessica Vallery said...

8/20/2012
8.24 Miles

I got all the pairs in except one, she was going to go through fences if I kept pushing her so we backed off. Cutter is back home now so hopefully I can get some more consistant riding in.

871.23 Total

Jessica Vallery said...

8/26/2012
4.36 Miles on Cutter
Total = 875.59

Headed out for just a quick ride in between cleaning the house and getting ready to start my new job tomorrow. It sure was humid out today. I will be working later in the day so my miles will probably slow way down now. Head for State fair with the steers later this week!

Jessica Vallery said...

Heading for Halsey in the morning and wont be on the computer again till Monday or Tuesday next week! Just wanted to let you all know incase my miles lap the 7 day rule.
Hoping to rack up some serious miles! Juanita and Brenda are going also so you know we will do some riding! Talk to you all next week.

Jessica Vallery said...

9-9-2012

Headed out to Halsey on Wenesday for the Tuff Chix ride 2012! Met with Juanita, Lori, Jen, Lynetta and Brenda out there. Had a wonderful ride in the sand hills!
6.83 Miles
1.42 Hours

9.04 Miles
3.17 Hours

4.24 Miles
1.31 Hours

3.21 Miles
1.0 Hour

16.2 Miles
4.45 Hours

5.2 Miles
1.5 Hours

Got home and unloaded Cutter who got sore at Halsey in his back, jumped on him bareback and rode him around home just to loosen him up after the trailer ride. .5 Miles

Total of 45.22 Miles for a yearly total of 920.81

Jessica Vallery said...

9/15/2012
4.24 Miles on Cutter
Total = 925.05

A quick jaunt around the section. Cutter was feeling pretty good and was wanting to move out at a good speed! Yee Haw!

Jessica Vallery said...

9/16/20152
10.80 Miles on Cutter
Total = 935.85

Headed out early and had to come back to grab some gloves for my hands because they got chilly! Went all though the fields and up and down the minumum maintance road several times, headed around the section and did an extra loop to see how the neighbors corn was looking. Cutter was well behaved. Feels like fall for sure! I noticed that Cutter is getting a little "fluffy"

Jessica Vallery said...

9/23/2012
6.18 miles on Cutter

Needed this ride just to clear my head. So much going on right now and just getting overwhelmed. Cutter behaved and we had a nice slow ride

Jessica Vallery said...

9/29/2012
1.24 miles on Cutter
Had a little visitor and he wanted to ride aunt jess's horse...... He even held the reins!

Jessica Vallery said...

9/29/2012
10.42 Miles on Cutter
Went on a Moon light trail ride. What a blast! It was a full harvest moon so it was awesome! Little chilly down in the bottoms though

9/30/2012
5.26 Miles on Cutter
Left the house heading for Waubonsie and got a phone call from the hubby saying he needed the truck... so turned around and went back home. But got a shorter ride in at home.

958.95 Total Miles.

Jessica Vallery said...

10/7/2012
4.26 Miles on Cutter

10/10/2012
6.84 Miles on Cutter

Total = 970.05 - Only 30 miles to go to hit my goal!! Hopefully I can pass it up!

Jessica Vallery said...

10-14-2012
3.14 Miles on Cutter
Total = 973.19

Headed out just to check on the cows that we put out on the stalks, what a muddy mess, Cutter was sliding around in the field and the wind was tornadic and it was cold! Saw the cows and turned around and came back in.... We got almost 4 inches of rain just last night. Maybe get a chance to get some more riding in later this week???

Jessica Vallery said...

10/21/2012
6.0 miles at Two Rivers on Cutter
Rode with Lori and her husband Terry. Nice ride eventhough the interior trails are closed for hunting.

4.64 miles at home on Cutter.
After i got home from shopping with Jacob i resaddled and did a quicl loop around the section.

Total = 983.83. Getting closer to my goal!

Jessica Vallery said...

10/22/2012
3.25 miles on Cutter
Only rode for 45 minutes than it started getting dark. Not looking forward to it being dark when I get off work soon.
Total = 987.08

Jessica Vallery said...

10/27/2012
4.12 Miles on Cutter
Went and participated in the Haunted Trail Challenge put on by Kelli Paulsen. Had a wonderful time eventhough I froze the whole time! Cutter and I placed first in the novice division so I was pretty shocked when she called my name. I knew Cutter had done a good job but we struggled at the gate a little bit and I actually let go of it at one point (big no no) but maybe she just didn't see that..... it was muddy and cold but well worth the drive up there! This is the second Haunted Trail challange I have participated in, need to get to more of these events.
Total = 991.20 I will hopefully hit 1000 this week!

Jessica Vallery said...

11/3/2012
5.26 Miles on Cutter

Real quick around the section and messing around at home alittle bit.

Total = 996.46 Almost there! Will hit it today when I ride!

Jessica Vallery said...

11/4/2012
4.22 On Cutter

Finially made it to the 1000 mile Club! And on the best horse ever! I decided to ride up and down the road a couple times and than just ended up riding in a big circle around the cows until I knew I had enough distance to cross that 1000 mile mark! Now I can officialy take it easy and not have to worry about hitting any goals! Weather is going to be decent this week so maybe I can skip out of work early a day to get some riding in. I got voted on to the 4H council so that was exciting!

Total miles to date = 1000.68

Jessica Vallery said...

11/8/2012
Met a new friend at work who boards horses near me and we decided to head to Elmwood for a quick ride on the mopac, her horse was not behaving and was not being very friendly to Cutter so we cut the ride short so that she didn't get hurt.
Only got 3.86 Miles in..... What a waste of a hauling... but it's okay, I'm glad she didn't get hurt from her horse bucking.
Total = 1004.54

Horses Are Our Lives said...

Congrats, Jess!!!

Jessica Vallery said...

Thanks Brenda! Now I can relax!

Jessica Vallery said...

11/18/2012
16.24 Miles on Robo
Went out to some friends house and helped move cattle onto a new stock field. I even got a couple good chases in when some momma's tried to make a break for it! I rode a stocky QH named Robo, he reminds me of my Cutter because he is all work and no play.... Nice horse!
Total = 1020.78

Jessica Vallery said...

11/25/2012
5.26 Miles on Cutter
Total = 1026.04

Jessica Vallery said...

12/2/2012
18.23 Miles on Cutter
Total = 1044.27

Jessica Vallery said...

12-6-2012
9.26 Miles on Cutter

Jessica Vallery said...

12-15-2012 3.26 Miles on Cutter
12-16-2012 11.02 miles on Cutter

I've got to keep up the riding if I want to hit 1100 by the year end!

Total 1067.81

Jessica Vallery said...

12-30-2012
3.92 Miles
Decided to head out and get a short ride in while the weather was more decent for right now. Wind was cold coming back home.
Total = 1071.73

This will be it for me for 2012! I had a great time and look forward to riding with all of you again next year!