Lessons Learned Falling Off Horses

After I sent out the latest newsletter, I got several reprimands because people could not find the blog about the second fall...I realized I had written it in my journal but not on the web...so here it is.

From the Cut Foot Sioux Horse Camp (MN), we rode out about a mile.  JoyFull was on high alert and had already spooked a couple of times.  I was riding defensively—one hand on her neck with the rein in a California roll and the other holding on to the fork of the saddle.  The trail was 6-10 feet wide but surrounded by thick fall forest.  (Think crackling noises and constant motion in the trees/leaves.)  JoyFull stepped across a small down tree and as she made the step forward with her hind foot,

Cool, Clear Living Water

We have been on the road for a month now.  I wanted to share the top ten insights I have had about RV living with horses.  As I started making a list in my mind, I realized that most of those things had to do with one thing:

It Just So Happened...

When there are just toooooo many coincidences, you know it has to be a "God Thing!"

We had been having trouble with the motor home off and on since leaving Cheyenne.  It would lose power when we would attempt to climb a hill...any hill...even just a little upgrade.  In the beginning it was pretty inconsistent so Dave kept trying to do troubleshooting.  He figured/hoped it was either the air filter or the fuel filter.  When we got to Dousman, WI the problem was consistent and worsening on every hill.  We were having to drive on the shoulder in order not to impede traffic too much.  This was a scary proposition on I-90!