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Making A List...Peru Packing

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I've started to think about packing for my trip to Peru and Machu Picchu this October. On Thursday, I went to see my doctor about vaccines. This is what CDC says I need: - Routine vaccines - Hepatitis A & B - Tetanus - Typhoid - Yellow Fever I had the routine vaccines as a child (polio, measles, mumps etc). So those are all set. I'm pretty sure I had a tetanus booster in 2006. My doctor and I both think I had Hepatitis A & B before I went to Costa Rica in 2000. The problem is, I wasn't her patient back then. Marcia (her Physician's assistant) went down to the basement to find my medical records to see if I really had those vaccines - no sense having them if I don't need them! Unfortunately, my medical records are buried somewhere in the basement, so someone is going to search them out. I do need a Typhoid vaccine. Its in a pill form though, so my doctor called it into my pharmacy and I can get that out of the way anytime I want. Yellow

Tough Choices

With my new work schedule, and the schedule for the 25-mile competitive trail rides I enjoy competing in, it was time to make some tough choices. I work until 5 pm on weekdays now, and since I started the job fairly recently (May), I don't feel comfortable asking for time off yet. Plus, I need two weeks off in October for the trip to Peru with First Descents , so I need to save any time off I have as well! The trail rides in the Northeast region are all scheduled on Saturdays. That means driving up Friday morning/early afternoon, vetting in on Friday afternoon and then riding 25-miles first thing Saturday morning. For Crooked River in May, my friends took my horse and vetted him in, and I drove up after work. I arrived at 10 pm and was in the saddle at 7 am, and then driving home at 4 pm. It was a whirlwind trip. I'm tired just thinking about it, and tired has been a general theme for me lately, as I try to cram a lot of life into less free time. So I made the excru

Massachusetts Horse!

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I was late posting the link to the June/July issue. Now the August/September issue is online too! This issue is a lot of fun. I wrote the feature Haflingers: Dashing Driving Horses. Check out the issue here.

Mountain Khakis

Back in April, I entered a contest on Liz Stout's blog , by commenting on her post. I won! And she mailed me a $50 gift certificate to Mountain Khakis , the sponsor of the contest. I recently ordered a pair of their Alpine Utility Pants and love them. Thanks Liz and MK!!

Secret at CMHS

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It only took me a week (or longer) to remember that I can zoom in on pictures on my computer...here is the edited version of the picture of Secret at Connecticut Morgan Horse Show! Thanks Megan Thompson for taking her picture :)

June/July issue of Massachusetts Horse

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Have you read the June/July issue of Massachusetts Horse magazine yet? It's all about Morgan horses, check it out online today!

John at Crooked River

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This picture was taken by Clowater Art at Crooked River and is my favorite shot that Wanda got that day.

Wildlife

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One of the interesting things about trail riding, is the wildlife that you run into along the way. I'm not always sure that my horses agree with me that the wildlife is interesting. Then again, sometimes I don't agree with myself. Two weeks ago, I was riding Secret in the evening (around 6 pm, but still broad daylight because of daylight savings time). We were riding on the farm road between the hay fields on top of the hill, when we ran into a baby skunk, nosing around in the grass on the side of the farm road. I did not stop to take a picture, I found this one on google. When the little guy noticed us, he turned his back on us and lifted his tail. I was horrified, I don't know how to get skunk smell out, and don't want to learn. I quietly urged Secret forward. About 300 feet further up the road, we ran into his little brother. I saw this one a little sooner and urged her way around him, to avoid another scene with a lifted tail. Phew. I thought we w