Riverside Ranch - Northern Ontario - Magnetawan - Canada

This blog will keep up with the happenings on my horse farm. I will place pictures of all my horses and my other farm friends and family on this blog.

2006/3/29

Cross-country Skiing at Riverside Ranch

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@ 08:04 AM (29 months, 21 days ago)

Well the winter is on it's way out but we still have a lot of snow in the fields.  This brings with it spring skiing on the crust of the snow!  It is very exciting since my farm has rolling hills and one can get quite the speed up on the way down!  Since I have to feed the horses and go to work for around 10 am I strap on the skiis and make a round while the crust is on.  It freezes every night and during the day it warms up to above freezing.  Therefore in the morning while frost is still on the skiing is fantastic!!

I have a pic of skiing during the winter.  I will post it at the end of this blog.  The style doesn't look that great but it is hard when the snow is that deep.  That is Wolfie my German shepherd behind me.  She doesn't help when she runs in front of you when you are going down the hill.  It just makes for added excitement!

I will take a couple of shots the next time I am out there for an up to date picture of SPRING SKIING!  I love it!

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