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Comment by Deneen 1 day ago

Beth, that's great. Enjoy your time with him! It's such a treat to actually be able to SEE him and hear his voice at the same time. Have a wonderful time.

Comment by Beth proud mom of Garrett 1 day ago

Wow, CCR... thats tough. We have only 3 acres and it's hard to keep grass for the 2 we have. Otherwise I'd adopt a sweetie from you. I'll keep my ear to the ground and you never know....

Happy Thanksgiving... I hope everyone's turkey turns out the best ever!

Our sailor just got home last night. It's been 331 days since I've seen him. The only reason I'm online is cause he's sleeping.... As soon as he wakes up, I'm starting up the stove to feed him! Whatever he wants till he can't eat another thing!

Comment by CCR on November 23, 2009 at 1:47pm

Beth, you spoke of the feed store. We are losing the land this week we have taken care of for 11 years. Its adjoining property, and we still have 20 acres, but will have to cut the herd in half. We usually have sold 3 a year, but last year we only sold one and none this year at all. I don't think any of you live close, but if you know of anyone, we are selling for 4 and 600.00. We are fortunate to not live in West TX where its dry and all cactus. Here in East Tx, we get so much rain, there is lots of plentiful grass, so we can have more horses per acreage than say, someone in AZ or NM perhaps.

Comment by Beth proud mom of Garrett on November 22, 2009 at 4:01pm

Thanks for the link. I watched the video. The sand looks so fresh... just made for someone to make some horse tracks. It's finally raining here. Hasn't rained in 11 days. Slater is pouting w/ his head sticking out of his stall. Rooster probably kicked him out of the dryer stall - won't share!

Comment by Deneen on November 22, 2009 at 2:19pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TILfRg_qzag
Not sure why but sometimes that title finds it and sometimes it doesn't. If you copy and paste that address it should find it though.

Comment by Deneen on November 22, 2009 at 2:10pm

If you go to youtube and search Ballards Beach Horse Camp there is a video that shows it pretty well. The campsites and corrals are primitive. We don't camp there, but we do park & unload there. The photos aren't taken from our trip but they show the area well. We live inland about 1 1/2 hrs from there.

Comment by Deneen on November 22, 2009 at 1:30pm

I seem to be going opposite of the usual empty nesters who don't want to be tied down too. I am really getting into my hobby farm! I'm adding a raised bed garden, building a fullblood boer herd and added a couple pigs. (In addition to our dogs, cats and horse)!

My husband has scared me similarly...advising me that my horse was "down" in the pasture. I'm panicked thinking broken leg, colic, tangled in the blanket, etc. Only to have him stand up, stretch and walk over to me. Turns out "down" meant resting!

Pistol has only seen 1 trip to the beach and, not knowing what to expect from him, I was not tempted to take a camera along for the ride! We don't go often, closer to every few years and on a different horse each time. I will see if I can find some pics on the internet of the area.

Comment by Beth proud mom of Garrett on November 22, 2009 at 6:20am

Do you have any pictures of this Deneen? I'd love to see it!

Last night my poor husband woke up in a panic. He was for certaiin he heard the horses out running. That could have meant they got out... He ran out only to find they were both snuggled in the paddock snoozing! Even as empty nesters, we're not... The "kids" don't call us "mom" or "dad".... they nicker, meow, or bark!

Comment by Deneen on November 18, 2009 at 6:21pm

Generally, they are cold and windy along the Oregon coast, in Bandon or Coos Bay. They aren't rocky where we go, just large sand burms between the area we unload and the beach. It's not too windy until you go up over the burm onto the beach itself. You're somewhat sheltered from the wind on the trails. To get to the beach we go single file up one of the trails over the burms. I get a bit worried...I like to be sure if tied comes in we can easily make it back to the trail to get out.

Comment by Beth proud mom of Garrett on November 18, 2009 at 12:55pm

What are your beaches like? Are they rocky?

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