Goal 1) Ride more...

It's easy to say "I love riding" -- it's true, after all. But somehow I have a mental block when it comes to actually saddling up and getting on. It's so much simpler to just wander out with a brush and spend some quality time communing with the hairy beasts -- especially in the spring. There's all that winter coat to be cleaned off, mud to remove, feet to be trimmed... and since these guys aren't show ponies in the normal run of things, they don't spend their days blanketed under lights.

So, "ride more" is likely to be easier to do once spring has really sprung. It's sure trying, but April in South Dakota has recently dumped yet another 13" of snow on us. We went from 70'+ on Wednesday to 20's and blizzard on Friday. Okay, so it's melting -- into more mud! I think goal one may have to wait a few more days, folks!