Well, it’s been almost a month and I’m still dealing with some of the bronchitis.  Feel better for a while, then start coughing for a while.  Still get VERY tired pretty quick (last week, 10 hour days at work were “killer” – just short of 40 hours in 4 days. + chores + drive time both ways.  It was a long week, LOL.  I SOOO enjoyed Friday (farrier changed to later this week), I delivered Koal to Vicki and took a bit of a break at her place.  Sunday, while it poured rain, I spent a lot of it napping.

Spent 5 hours out on Saturday – marking trees and measuring paths.  Did mostly 10′ between larger sized trees, some are wider between.  With rain pouring at 4 am this morning, I mistakenly thought the tree company wouldn’t be able to work today.  They proved me wrong.  They arrived a bit later than planned and then had to leave a bit earlier but we got a lot of paths worked on w/ trees removed and/or limbed to allow passage of wagons/riders at heights of 12′.

I’ve attached a few photos.

The rest of the photos can be accessed here – Trails @ LP Painted Ponys

Here is one last one though.

The red outline delineates what was turned into paths today and in the near future (haven’t quite got all the trails marked).   The 2 sections outlined in blue still have to have trails marked out – may take up to several years.  They aren’t quite accurate around the house at the bottom of the pics – I don’t know exactly where his 3 acres lie at the moment (originally part of our property).  We’ll need to find out as we lay out those trails – so we don’t encroach on his acreage.  The purple lines show where the ponies are w/i the pony pasture.  “G” stands for girls and I swap them back and forth – Sr/Jr mares.  The “B” is boys pasture – the Arab mare, Ellona, is also out there.  “RP” stands for the 60′ round pen, and “2” stands for the blue panel pen behind the barn that currently has 2 stallions and a mare in it.  The next pony pasture is to be between the bottom row of trees (by the blue line) and the barn/round pen and #2 pen.  The dimensions aren’t accurate (and my lines are not straight), but it gives you an idea.  With 21 acres total, we have between 10 & 12 in the wooded areas.  With the number of trails we’ve already started with, I see being able to weave trails that will last between 2-3 hours of riding/driving time.

WHEE FUN!!  I can’t wait until they are all done and we are able to drive them!

The rest of the photos can be accessed here – Trails @ LP Painted Ponys