Sunday, February 10, 2008

A Virtual Trail Ride

This is a video I took yesterday while I was riding Miss Daisy. Today the weather is very cold-only around 10 degrees, and tonight it's only 7 degrees, with wind chills in the negatives! (My mother is reading the temperature from where we live, and that of Florida. Oh, what a teaser! She wants to move to Florida.) I went riding with Daisy today, but it was crazy! It was cold and windy, and she was REALLY hyper. We only went half way down the driveway-pretty much nothing. When we were coming back she was so excited (or scared from the wind) that she started...well, I don't know what she was doing! She was doing a half canter, half galloping, side pass. It was strange. She was crazy! I went in again then-I wasn't really worried about her behavior, but it could have been dangerous, I suppose. So, that's it for today. I just cleaned the stall in the cold.

20 comments:

Misha said...

Wow- that was so cool! I felt like you were just giving me a tour while I was riding on daisy! I think you should definately do another video like this one! Bye!

photogchic said...

Fun--thanks for taking me on a ride outside! Are you using a helmet cam or just holding a regular camera? I just bought a helmet camera...haven't had time to try it yet:-)

Anonymous said...

I used just a regular camera-I ride western, so I only needed one hand to guide Daisy. A helmet cam sounds pretty cool!

Yes, I think I will do another video like this, in the summer sometime, when I go to visit the mini ponies down our street....I should do a post about them sometime!

Gudl said...

Hier sieht man wie Melissa unsere Einfahrt runter reitet. Ungefaehr in der Mitte der Einfahrt hat sie Halt gemacht u ist umgedreht, weil es dann steiler nach unten geht u die Einfahrt unter dem Schnee voller Eis ist. Das ist auch fuer das Pferd gefaehrlich.
Schoenes Video, Meliss' .

Allen said...

I think it would be scary to try and video tape and ride a horse at the same time. Aren't you scared for your life?

Anonymous said...

No, I'm not scared for my life. Daisy's a good horse. I trust her, and you know, I think she trusts me.

Danni said...

What a great video! It reached 55 degrees here today and Spring is (prematurely) in the air. It was fun hearing all the ice crackling around you in the video..are you getting tired yet of all that snow?

Wanda said...

Thanks for the ride. I've always been fearful of horses, but I think I would love Daisy Mae.

Anonymous said...

Hi,
That was cool. Was it hard to ride and hold the camera?

Priscilla said...

That was a fun video! Just hang on to your camera. Don't drop it the way I did mine. Brrr! Your hand looked cold! I would want gloves on.

Priscilla said...

I think it is very good that you are speaking some German for your family in Germany. Keep it up! You are very blessed to be bilingual from birth with such ease.

Anonymous said...

Da hast Du ja eine tolle Kamera Melissa.Die Videos sind alle toll,machst Dir viel Arbeit damit.Man spürt sehr deutlich das Du es mit Liebe machst,ein grosses Hobby von Dir,ja?
Das Weisse Pferd war das von Dunja?Wie graziös es auf dem Film läuft und galoppiert,hast Du gut ins Licht gesetzt.
Auch das Baby Video ist süsssss,gut das durch die heutige moderne Technik so viel möglich ist und wir in der Ferne auch was von haben.
Danke für die schönen Aufnahmen.

Wanda said...

Melissa: Thanks for the lovely words for my Aunt Cassie. You are right we is a lucky duck to be in heaven with Jesus...!!

God Bless you sweetie...You bless my heart with your words.

JO said...

Thanks for the fun ride! Daisy Mae is a sweetie! You are lucky to have her and your beautiful place to ride ride her. :)

Anonymous said...

Brrr. I got cold just watching it! Thanks for taking us along.

worminator said...

cool, or in other words, FASCINATING!!!

HannaPurzel said...

Liebe Melissa, das Video hat mir schöne Impressionen gezeigt!!! Ich habe mich gefragt, ob Deine Hände nicht eingefroren sind... Und danke, dass Du auch etwas auf Deutsch erzählt hast ;o)))
Viele Grüsse!!!

Anonymous said...

Danke, Hannapurzel!

Anonymous said...

oh, very virtual








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Anonymous said...

i learned a few new words!

Pommes Frittes

Herr Kartoffelkopf

Flammenwerfer

and

eichhornchen



i'm so proud!!

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