Last week I went on buying spree at Cabela’s. One of the items I came home with…two actually, were air mattresses for the trail. When I was a kid I used to sleep on the ground, and quite well, I might add. In high school, these new-fangled foam sleeping pads came out. They were 1/2″ … Continue reading A good night’s sleep is all I need…..
Last week I made arrangements to take out a fairly large loan from savings (thank you dear Linda) for the purchase of supplies and gear for the coming pack trip. Time is getting short, so Dad and I are evaluating our gear, repairing what needs it, replacing what we can’t repair, and buying what we … Continue reading Buying the Necessaries for the Big Trip – DeLorme InReach Explorer
I was browsing through some old files, just cleaning up my computer a bit, when I came across a story my oldest son, Nathan, wrote for a school assignment in high school. The story was based on a true experience, or better said, ordeal, Nate passed through on a horse pack trip with his grandpa … Continue reading A Real Cowboy
I recently read a blog post by West Taylor, Extreme Outlaw Rides| Wild West Mustang Ranch, about his first pack trip. It recalled to my mind the first real horse pack trip I ever took. It was 1977, and I was 18 and just about to graduate from high school in Tucson, Arizona. My dad … Continue reading My first real pack trip…
Cribbing, not to be confused with simple wood chewing, is a stereotypical behavior in horses, in which the horse places its upper front teeth on an object and applies down pressure. As it does so, the horse makes a belching sound, then relaxes for a few seconds, before doing it all again. The primary theory … Continue reading Chronic Cribbing in horses
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