Countdown to a freakout last Friday

[rivenoak]

10:08 a.m.: rivenoak receives an e-mail from an MFH confirming joint meet in the rolling grasslands of southern AZ. Wheeee! Please note: schedule outlined of when foxhounds and beagles will hunt.

10:09 a.m: rivenoak forwards e-mail to Risk-Averse Rider

10:55 a.m.: Risk-Averse Rider e-mails rivenoak confirmation of hotel room being booked in southern AZ town for weekend joint meet festivities. rivenoak says to self, Yahoo, we’re going’ on a road trip!

11:07 a.m.: rivenoak books babysitter for master william “the mini-fridge” & advises R-A R

11:54 a.m.: rivenoak confirms vacation day for loading of horses and travel & advises R-A R

2:08 p.m.: rivenoak advises Master of Beagles to expect “riv” & R-A R on the trip. Rejoicing is heard throughout the Valley of the Sun. :yes:

2:40 p.m.: e-mail from MB to beagling’s e-mail list of usual suspects confirming the trip, reiterating schedule, etc.

2:55 p.m.: e-mail from R-A R to rivenoak, a direct quote:
“What was I THINKING!!! Foxhounds? OMGiH. Excuse me while I go throw up now.” Please note time…slow on the uptake, are we? :rolleyes:

2:57 p.m.: e-mail from rivenoak to Risk-Averse Rider:
"Nah, you’ll be fine.
I’ll wave a flask near you to revive/mellow you on occassion.
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Repeat after me, “Jeebus, take the wheel.” :yes:
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If we get there early enough on Friday, you could gallop him on the track & poop him out. Or, I’ll gallop him on the track so you don’t get pooped out.

3:08 p.m.: e-mail from R-A R to rivenoak:
"Can we go now and start galloping?

approx 3:09 p.m.: e-mail from rivenoak to Risk-Averse Rider:
“No.”

My imagined response to that by R-A R: :eek::uhoh::dead::rolleyes:

Respectfully submitted,

Yr disobd’t srvt,
rivenoak

[gothedistance]

I want pictures. Lots of 'em. Foxhounds and beagles – goliaths and peewees – what a fun day that will be. :lol: The music should be fabulous!!

Can’t wait for the recap.

[Risk-Averse_Rider]

@gothedistance;3001934

I want pictures. Lots of 'em. Foxhounds and beagles – goliaths and peewees – what a fun day that will be. :lol: The music should be fabulous!!

Can’t wait for the recap.

Two different days - Goliaths on Saturday, peewees on Sunday.

At least, that’s my understanding.

Then again, you can see how clear my thought process was last Friday, so what do I know? :lol:

What rivenoak omitted was the part where she reassured me by saying, “Oh, well, you’ll be fine. We’ll mostly be standing around on the ridges watching them [the foxhounds] run on Saturday.”

And then on Sunday, while she & LisaW-B and I were hanging out, waiting for the field to turn around and come back to us (which they never did, so eventually we clued in and went after them) I realized she was talking excitedly to LisaW-B about how much fun she & Prozac Pony were going to have GALLOPING WITH THE FOXHOUNDS DOWN IN SONOITA. :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

EXCUSE ME???

What happened to “standing around on the ridges”?

You know, you’d think by now I would have learned.

rivenoak
Do. Not. Trust.

Although, as she is quick to point out, she hasn’t gotten me hurt yet <knock wood>.

Just lost in the forest up in Flagstaff.

Semi-stranded on rocky slopes here in Phoenix.

I’m sure there are other escapades I have blocked from my mind.

But she has broadened my horizons, I will give her that. And last Sunday, instead of trudging around a dressage warmup ring, we were out in the desert riding in the sunshine.

I guess that makes up for getting lost in the forest now and then.

[JSwan]

Oooo - it sounds like you two have fabulous adventures and get into lots of trouble! What fun!

[rivenoak]

Hey, I offered to put you on a lead line so you could gallop in the field, too.

I’ll try to post a link sometime of some pix from joint meets past when we’ve had foxhounds, harriers, and beagles all hunting together on the same day. Talk about music! And a wild time…:eek::winkgrin:

JSwan, you must come hunt with us; I can nearly assure SOME kind of adventure. I’m the type to usually be found in the vicinity of moonshine, absinthe, no direction home, lightning strikes, bellydancing, dirty worded skits, etc. :eek:

[JSwan]

Ok - count me in. We’ll get RAR galloping in no time - I’ll bring my cattle prod. :winkgrin:

@rivenoak;3002083

Hey, I offered to put you on a lead line so you could gallop in the field, too.

I’ll try to post a link sometime of some pix from joint meets past when we’ve had foxhounds, harriers, and beagles all hunting together on the same day. Talk about music! And a wild time…:eek::winkgrin:

JSwan, you must come hunt with us; I can nearly assure SOME kind of adventure. I’m the type to usually be found in the vicinity of moonshine, absinthe, no direction home, lightning strikes, bellydancing, dirty worded skits, etc. :eek:

[Camstock]

Maybe Rivenoak should couple R-A-R’s horse to hers. Heh, heh, heh.

[Painted_Wings]

Hey, what are friend for anyway

I hunted Bassets and Beagles together Sunday. Two packs, two huntsman, joint meet. It was fun and no problem at all.

[Risk-Averse_Rider]

Oh, yes - the lightning strikes…

While we were at breakfast, I heard about the time our hunt was down in Sonoita and a nasty thunderstorm rolled in, catching some of the riders high on a ridge (that would presumably be one of those ridges from which rivenoak and I were supposed to be watching the foxhounds run on Saturday - at the same time she & Prozac Pony would be madly galloping after the foxhounds).

That sounded like ever so much fun.

Being ponied off Prozac Pony… now, there’s a thought. Perhaps we should try that some day. As long as Mr. Blondie kept slightly to the rear, PP wouldn’t object.

An even better idea - how about if rivenoak ponies Mr. Blondie off PP while I stay back at the trailers reading a nice book?

[rivenoak]

Camstock…the thought had occurred to me, as well.

Could solve the problems of PP putting his head up, the Blonde One getting his head down, and R-A R galloping all in one fell swoop.

Or

It could be an Unmitigated Disaster.

Or both at the same time, depending on which party you are. :lol:

[JSwan]

@rivenoak;3003745

Could solve the problems of PP putting his head up, the Blonde One getting his head down, and R-A R galloping all in one fell swoop.

I think they would cancel each other out… and the horses would actually be balanced.

Now - what you need to do is market such a rollkur cancelling coupling mechanism, make up a mystical Indian name, and go on the road with your new NH dressage invention. Bring a tipi.

[annikak]

Okay, Girls, YOUR hunt sounds like MY kinda hunt! So wish I could see up close and personal.

Just what is in your flask?? Moonshine???:yes: We are having our annual meeting tomorrow, and I may just need some of that!

[rivenoak]

Annikak,

Come on out sometime & hunt with us!

Risk-Averse Rider is also Booze-Averse Rider, so her “flask” contains water.

When toting a flask (I’ve been mooching this year), I tend to have something creamy: Baileys, caramel goo, whatever.

However, I did have a little peach flavored 'shine from someone in the Carolinas a few years ago…YUMMY!!! :yes: Whooohooo, they don’t call that stuff White Lightning for nothing.

With whom do you hunt? You can PM, if you want.