Wed. Misc.

Deep winter in KC. 8 inches of snow at 2 degrees F at the moment with yesterday the one day our snow tire/4 wheel drive dudes get to show their stuff.

Noticed a Light PU Truck forum the other day-- new F-350 owners-complaining-post after post- about gas mileage at roughly 12 mpg for most of them. Thought to tell them possibly to ditch their gas guzzling 4 wheel drive, all season (instead of Hwy)tires, automatic transmissions. My stripped down 2008 F-350 with manual transmission gets 16.4 mpg, and also saves the engine because I can coast about a third of the time. Liking this manual more and more!

Horses? My two boys are standing outside in the wind and -0 wind chills as I arrive last night. Put 'em in the barn. 5 min. later their back outside. Two Einsteins.

Training:

Sun: 1/9: With the weather coming in we decline tack work. 4 miles riderless with some spurts.

Mon. 1/10: We get in a riderless 4.5 miles with the idiot in 15 degree weather before the snow starts. The older horse is hurt again, and big Rod's thing in the paddock these days is getting a charge out of pulling himself up unless I am within 15 yards. Need some clod producing weather as we're out of clods to hurl. As soon as he gets out of range, up goes the tail and he starts prancing.

Tues. 1/11: Off. Weather

Wed. 1/12: Off. Weather