I am really discouraged with our weather. Today I went out to the barn and the sun was shining, but it was 35degrees and the wind was blowing and the ground is frozen solid and covered with sheets of ice.
I put Nina in a round pen and couldn't lunge her, half of the pen was a sheet of ice. The outdoor arena is ankle deep frozen mud.
Nina has had some time off because of her sore foot and she is simply not safe to ride without being lunged a little in this cold weather and there is no place to lunge.
It's not the barn, they keep working the arena and breaking up the ground in the round pens, hoping that something will melt or dry or do something.
This is so unusual for here. We have had old snow and ice - two weeks and more - on the ground. We never do that here. If you have ever been to the Denver area in winter you have seen the biggest snow falls just melt off in cold weather because of how intense the sun is.
But this year the wind is blowing non stop and it is offsetting the sunshine.
I was determined to ride this winter and found myself just spending some time with a cranky Nina. And I was totally frozen any time I got in the wind.
If this goes on through January and February - when it is SUPPOSE to be cold - I will have to learn how to ride all over again.
Vent over.....
I put Nina in a round pen and couldn't lunge her, half of the pen was a sheet of ice. The outdoor arena is ankle deep frozen mud.
Nina has had some time off because of her sore foot and she is simply not safe to ride without being lunged a little in this cold weather and there is no place to lunge.
It's not the barn, they keep working the arena and breaking up the ground in the round pens, hoping that something will melt or dry or do something.
This is so unusual for here. We have had old snow and ice - two weeks and more - on the ground. We never do that here. If you have ever been to the Denver area in winter you have seen the biggest snow falls just melt off in cold weather because of how intense the sun is.
But this year the wind is blowing non stop and it is offsetting the sunshine.
I was determined to ride this winter and found myself just spending some time with a cranky Nina. And I was totally frozen any time I got in the wind.
If this goes on through January and February - when it is SUPPOSE to be cold - I will have to learn how to ride all over again.
Vent over.....
Well, you can't do much about mother nature. :( It's been colder than usual earlier this year. It must be boring for Nina, too. Let's hope you have a warmer spell or the wind dies down your way. :)
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