After Margaret and I had such a fun time at the fall hunter pace, we opted to go again this spring! This time, while I rode Rejoice again, Margaret rode her horse Jester and had a friend ride Ladyhawke. All Kennebec Morgans!! Jester and Rejoice have the same dam and Jester and Lady share the same sire. Unfortunately instead of a lovely late spring day, we had one of the first intensely hot and humid days of the year. It was definitely a bummer, but the ride was mostly in the shade of the woods and we had a great time! most of the fences were 3' coops but we found a small log and this hay to jump haha Until we didn't. 😑 We brought along a third friend who rode Margaret's older mare, Ladyhawke. She's a good rider but hasn't known Ladyhawke for very long and didn't realize how much of a cranky boss mare she could be at times. She kicked Jester right in the front leg just about halfway through the ride, and while the cut itself ended up not being a big deal in the...
My husband and I made the decision to bring our little red steers to the Fryeburg Fair for the week of October 1-8, 2017. This was a fairly large undertaking, as being at a fair for eight days is a lot of freaking work haha! It was possible only because it was one of my husband's vacation weeks and because we live just ten minutes from the fairgrounds, so we were able to come home each night, in order to take care of our other pair of steers and the horses as well as sleep in our own beds! We don't have a camper (yet!), but we still would have had to care for the animals at home anyway. All set up on the first Sunday! My plan was to buy a few mums and pumpkins to decorate our stall. My husband chimes in with, "Why don't you paint the pumpkins?" hahaha so I did my best. I ended up being at the fair for five out of the eight days, as I took two (of three) personal days on Wednesday and Thursday. I went to work on Monday, Tuesday, and ...