Re-Launch!

After some fiddling around, I finally got another facebook page up and going.  And this time it seems to be working quite good..... thank god!  On the last attempt I was getting rather frustrated with the whole process, but this time it seems to be working great without any glitches.  Yay!  =:)

https://www.facebook.com/mayfieldfarm.akhaltekes?ref=tn_tnmn

Deleted

I'll be starting a new facebook page over again sometime next month.  I had so many problems with the last attempt that I finally just threw in the towel and deleted the account.  I asked a few local friends about the issues and problems that I was having, and they told me that it's best to just start all over again.  So that's what I'll do....

Ugh

My stupid facebook page has proven to be a royal pain in the butt so far.......  I'm about 2 steps away from throwing in the towel.  There are quite a few issues that I'm trying desperately to get worked out, but it's being very difficult so far (especially for someone who is brand new to facebook, and really wasn't too fond of it in the first place....)  I'm not sure if it's just because I have a brand new account, or if it's extremely slow getting into the mainstream community, or if there are some other issues going on that are totally out of my control (bugs, ect.). 

1.  Issue number one is that nobody can find me.  I've e-mailed a few people with invites and they simply can't find me anywhere on there.  The page doesn't show up on the facebook search engine, and it won't show up on google or yahoo or anywhere else either. 

2.  The other issue is that I can't "friend" anybody.  When I'm not logged onto facebook, the "friend" button magically appears on other peoples header pages - but when I am logged into it, it's simply not there.  The "like" button is the exact same way.

3.  And finally, my profile photo will only show up on my own page - but it won't show up anywhere else when I comment on other people's pages.  No matter what I do, it will not show up - and I've tried everything on the settings and profile pages to get it worked out.  Very annoying.

If I can't get things figured out in the next week or two, I'll delete the account and just start all over again.  This has has been a somewhat frustrating experience so far....

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Mayfield-Farm-Akhal-Tekes/164794957019689

Facebook

Well, it finally happened.  As my husband says...... I've been sucked into "ass-book".  Ha, ha. =:)

I've recently signed up on facebook to promote our horses.  If you want to check out Mayfield Farm Akhal Tekes, we're officially on there now.  The lengthy ramblings on miscellaneous topics and chatterings will still remain on this blog, though.  This is my main spouting spot when I feel like running off at the mouth....

I can always delete the facebook account if I really hate it.

Another Corporate Decision....

I made one corporate decision around the beginning of the year, and I'm going to make another one now. 

This will be my last year as a member of the ATAA.  I was a member in 2007-2008, and then went back in 2012-2013.  This year will be the last.  I'm planning on exhibiting and promoting independently in the future, (which is basically the same thing that I'm doing now - so not much will change). 




Love this one.  So true!

 

Grizzly Mountain

Craig and I went to the Grizzly Mountain ride over the weekend.  We've recently purchased a new truck, so my husband was just DYING to give it a road test!  That was naturally the perfect excuse to pick a good distance ride to go to.... =:)

You can barely see the town of Madras in the distance.

I rode Nettie on Saturday and Tommy on Sunday.  We did the 50 miler on Saturday, but were pulled at mile 41 due to a slight gimp in Nettie's left hind leg.  We probably could've walked the last 9 miles to finish the ride, but I didn't feel like pushing it with her, so we called it good.  There are always plenty of other rides to go to in the future.  It was a fun weekend and I didn't let the pesky gimp dampen my spirits.  I also got some great words of wisdom from the in-time keeper lady at the gate.  She assured me that if a rider does any kind of long distance riding at all, they're bound to run into some problems in each ride season.  She was a very sweet lady, and it was nice to talk to her for awhile and hear from a veteran of the sport.  She's tallied points and kept track of hundreds of riders in the northwest for many years.

But, I did feel bad for a couple of our camp neighbors who had some troubles.  One lady that parked next to us drove all the way from Salem and arrived very late in the dark on Friday night - only to find out that she couldn't even start the next morning due to an abcess in her horses hoof.  (I felt bad for her, as I've been in a similar situation in the past - and it's a really crappy feeling to drive all that way and not even be able to start a ride.)  And there were some other riders that drove 18 hours from Canada, only to have a very bad day.  Their experiences included: getting dumped on the trail and having to walk back to camp, fence equipment getting mangled up from horses tearing through it, and a pony that had it's hind legs banged up pretty badly.  You never know what to expect at endurance rides..... so I felt priviledged to at least enjoy going for a ride on both days.

The Grizzly Mountain ride has some beautiful rock scenery.

I'm assuming that it was the wind made these little hollowed out caves in this rock.

The nights on the high desert are very cold for camping.  Craig and I woke up several times on both nights with a layer of frost on the ceiling of our horse trailer.  We have a mattress in the nose of the gooseneck where we sleep, and it got down into the 20's at night time.  Very chilly for camping. 

Up close and personal with LOTS of cows. 

I affectionately nicknamed this ride as "the many gates ride".  The trail went through several cattle pastures, and there were at least a dozen primitive gates to open and close.  It was a slowing obstacle for the seriously faster competitors - but I really liked riding through the cow herds.  Being a more non-chelant slower rider, both Nettie and Tommy had to shoo a couple of fat older cows out of the trail for us to be able to pass. Some of the calves were very curious and would follow us for 10 or 15 feet down the trail. 

As a side note:  This is definitely not a ride for a horse that is afraid of cattle, because they were almost everywhere.  Sometimes even surrounding you in very close proximity on the trail.  Both of my horses love cows, but I know that some riders have horses that are scared to death of them.  I've been with people on other rides that have horses that will bolt and take off from seeing cows.  Not the greatest situation for the "bovine afflicted" equine...  

The mountain ranges were gorgeous!

Tommy and I had a great trail ride on Sunday.  I was debating on doing a 30 miler with him, but decided to just let him enjoy the sunshine and do a simple trail ride.  He deserves some time off from the show arena and I didn't want to stress him out with a fast LD.  It was a great break for him to just relax and enjoy the scenery at his own pace. 

There wasn't a single drop of rain on the trail both days.  =:)