Michen
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Actual heaven. I can’t wait to go for a canter in this later! Car did great in the snow albeit it was only a few inches.
Boggle- USA bound!
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Moobli
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So picturesque ?
Michen
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I feel like I’m literally living in a dream world!
Moobli
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I want to be there! It’s not fair !!! *stamps feet*
BallyJ
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palo1
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I love where I live, rain, mud, wind and all and often think it is the most incredible privelege to live here but where you are looks absolutely dreamy!! I would swap a few days of Welsh winter for Colorado snow...
Loving the pics and updates - thank you for posting 
SEL
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Are you staying there for Xmas? It's been soooooo long since I've had a proper white Xmas and that looks amazing
Michen
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Nooo I’m going back home. I really want to see my dog. Missing her so much! Back here on the 28th dec though for new year with some friends coming too!
palo1
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Tidy, as they say in these parts!
It sounds like you are flying in your new surroundings. I hope you are feeling a bit proud of yourself too!!
Michen
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Tidy, as they say in these parts!
Ah gosh I haven’t even thought about it. Feel like I’ve just slipped into this life and the scarey bit is done. I’m sure homesickness will make an appearance at some point but for now I feel really mellow!
I just had a call with a colleague from my previous company and he sent me a message to say how happy I look and that my glow is back. Didn’t even realise it was gone at the time but now I feel like a bouncy Boggle so I’ll just enjoy it until reality hits home ?
Michen
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Blimey I live off this street and this happened minutes after I was on it
https://www.foxweather.com/weather-news/denver-100-car-crash.amp
https://www.foxweather.com/weather-news/denver-100-car-crash.amp
Errin Paddywack
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So much for being used to snow and coping with it.
Moobli
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Eek ?. Hope everyone is okay and thank goodness you weren’t involved.
Michen
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Maybe they were caught unaware haha. I'm a bit surprised it happened as I drove on the road beforehand and it not bad at all, ver much treated!
Michen
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A couple of store trips and a few things that made me smile I thought I’d share.
Ariat clothing somewhat different here! And racks of shoes for sale at the country store with rope. Oh.. and a huge counter for guns that I didn’t photograph!
onto the grocery store. So these salads are about a third of the actual salads available (bagged). Just couldn’t get it all in the photograph. They are about 500-600 calories for the salad alone and that entire wall is different varieties ie ranch salad, avocado, etc. they nearly all have cheese of some sort of them. And a load of fat laden dressings ?
Dark chocolate hummus? Is that a thing?
Ariat clothing somewhat different here! And racks of shoes for sale at the country store with rope. Oh.. and a huge counter for guns that I didn’t photograph!
onto the grocery store. So these salads are about a third of the actual salads available (bagged). Just couldn’t get it all in the photograph. They are about 500-600 calories for the salad alone and that entire wall is different varieties ie ranch salad, avocado, etc. they nearly all have cheese of some sort of them. And a load of fat laden dressings ?
Dark chocolate hummus? Is that a thing?
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Michen
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And then here's the Bog quick ride video. He was hilarious, the wind chucked some lumps of snow on his head and omg he was so angry! He actually squealed at one that got him between the ears. I needed both hands on the reins after that. The wind was ripping and the feeling of it on my car on the i75.. I am 100% getting a gooseneck trailer and a big truck. No way I want to risk ever getting caught in that.
Boggle also sporting one of his 4 new rugs.. I had to get another medium weight too as his rhino seems to have lost loads of fill, I didn't realise until I felt other peoples!
Loving the barn. It's a great mix of people and everyone is really lovely. The guys who do the horses are so quick to sort something if I want it (ie extra hay or whatnot). Boggle seems genuinely really happy although now he's on a barn "routine" he's furious if I disrupt it, I rocked up just as they were being fed so he didn't get his as I was riding. Boy did I pay for that in Bog annoyance. I guess he's not used to being on the same routine as all the other horses in a barn.
There is four years to the day between these photos. If you'd told me then that we'd now be cantering through the snow in Colorado I'd have laughed! I'm not even sure at that point Boggle would have been a horse I'd have shelled out endless money to take with me. Well maybe I would have.
I am hiking this weekend then Monday I’m off to North Carolina for four days. Nervous about leaving Bog! Then back here for a week and then heading to Mexico for 5 days over thanksgiving to go diving and stay with my friends there. Then it’ll be a couple of weeks of skiing and then back to the UK for Christmas!
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Boggle also sporting one of his 4 new rugs.. I had to get another medium weight too as his rhino seems to have lost loads of fill, I didn't realise until I felt other peoples!
Loving the barn. It's a great mix of people and everyone is really lovely. The guys who do the horses are so quick to sort something if I want it (ie extra hay or whatnot). Boggle seems genuinely really happy although now he's on a barn "routine" he's furious if I disrupt it, I rocked up just as they were being fed so he didn't get his as I was riding. Boy did I pay for that in Bog annoyance. I guess he's not used to being on the same routine as all the other horses in a barn.
There is four years to the day between these photos. If you'd told me then that we'd now be cantering through the snow in Colorado I'd have laughed! I'm not even sure at that point Boggle would have been a horse I'd have shelled out endless money to take with me. Well maybe I would have.
I am hiking this weekend then Monday I’m off to North Carolina for four days. Nervous about leaving Bog! Then back here for a week and then heading to Mexico for 5 days over thanksgiving to go diving and stay with my friends there. Then it’ll be a couple of weeks of skiing and then back to the UK for Christmas!
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Michen
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Any Bog lover is welcome any time!!!!
@Moobli this all happened off the back of a linkedin message I sent whilst waiting for my luggage having just off a long haul. Jet lagged and with ruptured ear drums. I spent the entire flight wanting to be closer to the things I love (skiing, diving) and it took a year but- it happened!
Anything is possible
Moobli
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Please keep posting about your whole life there! Loved the photos from the different stores. Wow! All those salads! You’ll need a good pair of those wrangler jeans when you start riding western ?
The scenery is just stunning. I don’t think you can beat sun on snow ?
The descriptions of an angry Boggle made me lol! It would be so interesting to know what he was thinking about his new US life.
Please take pics on your hike too. I seem to remember being told dogs have to be on lead on lots of the hiking trails (unlike here). I’d be interested to know if that’s true. Have you seen many dogs yet?
Sorry for all the guff from me but I’m living vicariously through you (and Yellowstone ?). Now I’m thinking I should have married a rancher instead of a shepherd ?. At my time of life (50) and with our life here it’s doubtful I’ll ever get the opportunity to live somewhere like that (I missed that particular opportunity in my 20s when I was on the cusp of nannying in the US for a year (Washington State)) but it’s definitely on my bucket list of places to visit when hubby takes a step back on the farm.
Please keep posting!
The scenery is just stunning. I don’t think you can beat sun on snow ?
The descriptions of an angry Boggle made me lol! It would be so interesting to know what he was thinking about his new US life.
Please take pics on your hike too. I seem to remember being told dogs have to be on lead on lots of the hiking trails (unlike here). I’d be interested to know if that’s true. Have you seen many dogs yet?
Sorry for all the guff from me but I’m living vicariously through you (and Yellowstone ?). Now I’m thinking I should have married a rancher instead of a shepherd ?. At my time of life (50) and with our life here it’s doubtful I’ll ever get the opportunity to live somewhere like that (I missed that particular opportunity in my 20s when I was on the cusp of nannying in the US for a year (Washington State)) but it’s definitely on my bucket list of places to visit when hubby takes a step back on the farm.
Please keep posting!
BBP
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I think the only thing I’m not loving is your carbon footprint! But that aside I’m loving keeping up with horsey life stateside.
Michen
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Yep so dogs mostly on a lead. BUT I’ve seen them off lead however they are always well behaved ones ie come back immediately to call when they see someone. So it seems to be a casual rule break that’s considered ok if your dog behaves itself (by other people, I’m sure a ranger would fine you).
It is one of my concerns about bringing pepper over but I think I can make it with what I’ve seen.
Sounds like you have a pretty beautiful country life anyway!
Michen
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I don’t think it would be much worse than my UK life tbh. If you remove shipping boggle across the world! In fact probably less with a house share and not using oil! I feel more twitchy about what I seeing in supermarkets. But yeh, as much as I try to do what I can that’s hypocritical when I’m hopping on flights to Mexico.
Bernster
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Are they selling shoes off the shelf in that shop?!
They do seem to have sugar and calorie laden food everywhere.
They do seem to have sugar and calorie laden food everywhere.
Michen
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Yep. I bet lots of people shoe their own horses.
Everything is so calorific. Even the soups seem to have about twice what we have aka a tomato and basil soup will automatically have cheese through it!
nagblagger
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I'm not jealous, i'm not jealous.....i keep having to tell myself!
druid
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I miss those salads, sometimes they kept me alive through a 24h hospital shift!
And the mexican aisle, cojita and real corn tortillas. Sad I've not been back since Covic. More so with Breeder's Cup this weekend!
Pepper will be fine, look for the public hunting land and have fun finding some wild pheasants and chukkar. Practice shouting "Rooster" ....don't call it a c*ck pheasant
And the mexican aisle, cojita and real corn tortillas. Sad I've not been back since Covic. More so with Breeder's Cup this weekend!
Pepper will be fine, look for the public hunting land and have fun finding some wild pheasants and chukkar. Practice shouting "Rooster" ....don't call it a c*ck pheasant
Michen
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For you Moobli!
LadyGascoyne
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Wow, it is so beautiful Michen.
teapot
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-Renews passport-
Michen
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Isn’t it just! Just passed two people doing the hike barefoot.. ??
I shall post pics of tomorrows as then I’m accountable in actually going on one (AE great thread!)
SEL
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I need to stop looking at this thread when it's 6am, dark and I can hear rain.
Looks incredible. I've told the small cobs to pack their suitcases ?
Looks incredible. I've told the small cobs to pack their suitcases ?