I own a equine facility outside of Walnut, Iowa: Cr. Arabian Dreams. I do boarding, breeding and training with the true passion being with the training (bitless) and helping horses with their human problems. Second to that is breeding Arabians. I have 12 horses, all Arabians except for one, and that oddball is a Saddlebred. It will be interesting to see how many miles I put on the horses (mine and ones here for training) throughout the year. That is, is if I can figure out the Garmin thingy and log it on to the computer thingy!
Safe and Happy trails to all. Kimberly Koenig
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1/5/12 - 1.28mi
1/6/12 - 3.83mi
1/7/12 - 5.02mi
1/8/12 - 4.08mi
1/9/12 - 2.34mi
Tonight I rode for a total of 7.99mi. with Justice (1.34mi. was actualy with Calvin working him on softening up)
I love that the nights have been beautiful enough to be riding.
I just wanted to add notes to the miles I added previously
1/5 was a night ride with me on calvin, and my son on Charlie.
1/6 was another night ride with me on Radar outside of Atlantic
1/7 was a group of us that met at Hacklebarny to ride and enjoy the weather while we have it
1/8 was a night ride with me on Dream.
1/9 was lesson day, I was riding Dream, my son was on Charlie, and the girls were riding Flash and Radar.
I am using a forerunner garmin to keep track of my miles, Christine was kind enough to send it to me so I could participate in the Derby, It has been fun. Thank you again Christine!
1/15/12 2.36mi Pushing deer for the hunters.
1/29/12 5.40 Training miles with Calvin
Not sure if the 7.99 miles were added :(
1/30/12 3.63mi Lessons, Dream, Flash, and Radar
1/30/12 total to date 35.93
2/19/12 9.00mi. Had a get together with friends and had a small ride. My son rode his Charlie and I rode the old man Dream.
2/21/12 total to date 44.93
3/03/12 & 3/04/12
7.71mi. Calvin. Was his first time riding with a group.
total to date 52.64
3/08/12 6.12mi. Did my road loop with Radar tonight,(in 1 hour!) It was BEAUTIFUL out! I wish I had a camera that could capture what I see out on the road and in the fields at night.
This ride tonight helped me plot out my plan of attack for next week. I am going to ride my main 5 horses every night on the loop, MUUWWAHHAHAHAHA.
Total to date 58.76
3/10/12 5.26mi. Dream (I rode) and Radar (ponied a friends granson)at Griswold. Look out Monday(and the rest of the week) Drake is on vacation,and I plan on catching up on some miles!
Total to date 64.02
3/12/12 6.44mi. Lessons with the Girls. Radar, Flash, and Charlie.
Total to date 70.46
3/17/12 6.37mi. At White rock with Flash. We did some exploring and were lost for awhile lol. Alot of steep hills and boggy spots we had to go through.
Total to date 76.83
3/25/12 Bob's spring ride outside of Atlantic. I am unable to log miles because I didnt remember to bring the garmin :( from what I see of some of the other people that DID remember to bring their tracking device there was about 11 miles!
4/01/12 Went to a poker run north of Irwin Iowa. It was all field riding, out in the open. It wasnt too much fun, but the company we kept did keep us entertained.lol
After I came home I decided that I would rather go ride some more that stay in the house and clean, so at 10pm I headed out to the barn to ride to town. So the total for miles today Is 21.30
Total to date 98.13
Poker run was with Radar and my night ride was with Justice
4/7/12 Griswold camping and ridng with Flash. Only 7.34 miles due to weather and company that was riding with.
Total to date 105.47
4/10/12 At home road miles with Calvin. 7.37
Total to date
112.84
4/16/12 3.96mi. Lessons with the girls. (Radar,Flash,Calvin) This lesson was good for the girls and the horses. The girls learned today what happens and what kind a ride you have when you let the horse make most of the decisions. It is called a "NO FUN" ride. They learned that they have to make dicisions and have to follow through with them. They also had to work on "retraining" the horses to listen.
Total to date 116.80
4/22/12 3.53mi
4/23/12 1.97mi & 1.32mi
4/24/12 9.02mi
Went to Hacklebarny, was dissapointed that we didnt ride farther and longer but had to go home and play a responsable adult. :( It was a good ride though, It was Drakes first ride out for the year on a horse other than his Charlie, he was afraid and missed his horse but he got over it and had a good time. Monday I had lessons with the girls, again had to cut it short because they had to leave early. But Drake came out and wanted to go out with me again with Radar to get to know her better. That made me all warm and fuzzie :) Then today he suprised me again, he wanted to go out and ride and even went out, caught Radar and saddled her himself!!! Then gave me crap about loosing daylight because I move to slow! I love it! He even stayed in the barn with me while I did chores and worked with a few of the horses. He did manage to fall asleep on Charlie waiting on me. Memories I hope to never loose.
oops, total to date 132.64
4/25/12 3.88mi
OH MY GOODNESS! Rode Thunder a whole whopping .64mi in training today. (he is a QH that is here for training) He is a 16 hands + and walks as fast as frozen molassas. I could not imagine riding him on the trails or even on a daily basis. I would go crazy! He is a good horse and he will be great for the owner, but I LOVE my fast walking Arabs.
The rest of the miles were with my Calvin.
Total to date 136.52
4/26/12 7.36mi.
Training with Thunder,(right at a mile with him) Then Drake came out to ride with me again :) I love it when he comes with me. He rode Radar and I took Eddie out. Then at home I worked with Calvin a bit. Now I am done for the night. Going to bed to start over tomorrow. . . . . .
Total to date 143.88
4/30/12 2.63mi. Lessons with ONE of the girls. Radar and Flash
5/1/12 6.64mi. Road riding with Anna :)
Total to date 153.15
5/2/12 2.12mi. Lessons with Radar.
Total to date 155.27
I see you slowly sneaking up on me on the leaderboard, Kim!
Lol :) I will try and hurry it up.
4/4/12 - 4/5/12 - 4/6/12 9.60mi Managed to do some roundpen work with Radar, Chased the cow with Justice, Took Calvin to Griswold for his first time out in the timber and mud. Then worked with Peanut the Mule around noisy things like the bobcat, and riding lawn mower so she can go to the parade. Inbetween all of that I managed to get hay, change the oil in the car, redo my round pen, treat the poor sick calf, fix fence (so the cow doesnt escape again). . . .and some other things that I forgot I did and there were many things I forgot to do. LOL
Total to date 164.87
5/7/12 7.46mi Lessons with the girls today, we had a great time playing tag. The girls informed me that it was the best lessons so far. Maddie loped Radar and they both rode WITHOUT touching or holding on the the saddle.
Total to date 172.33
5/10/12 1.43mi. At home Eddie
5/12/12 6.32mi. At Juggers with the Mule, Annie and Calvin.
5/13/12 8.90mi. At Griswold and at Juggers. Griswold with Calvin.And Annie at Juggers.
5/14/12 3.24mi. At home with the girls. Radar, Flash and Eddie.
Toatal to date 192.22
5/17/12 7.05mi. With Anna here at home, went out exploring and found a very nice new area to play.
Total to date 199.27
Sending positive technology vibes your way, Kim! I hope you get your GPS to work because we are only a couple days away from the Shimek trip! One whole week of miles, miles, miles on the trails! And I hope you get your computer working so you can post your miles when we get back!
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