Where is everyone from?
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Snowdenfarm wrote: »I am currently in SE Pennsylvania -- mild winters, beautiful falls and springs, very humid summers. It is unbelievably horsey here. I belong to three dressage clubs, there is a schooling show every week (except Dec/Jan/Feb), rated shows within driving distance at least every other week, horse professionals and establishments of all kinds abound. We have been here 8 years and I would love to stay forever, but my husband is looking to retire early and we will probably go back to Massachusetts where we raised our children and one still lives. Love Mass, just not nearly as horsey. I am from the midwest (southern WI) and have lived in CO, MI and ME. I have never been to WA or TX or AB -- my apologies as I have heard all three are beautiful and very horsey.
Sounds like horse heaven! It would be great to have such a strong horse community for shows learning and riding pals.
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OMGeeeHorses wrote: »I live in Norway, Maine
So I'm guessing you know cold
ha ha yes I do!! It's so beautiful, that is the only reason I stick around.2 -
I guess I'm the only european in this group haha!
I'm from the Netherlands, I live on the fringes of the city of Groningen, the capital of the province of... yes Groningen ( We apparently ran out of names for places
) It's the northern most province of the country but we still don't get weather like you do showjumper! Good god! How are you not a popsicle!?
I usually go to the barn by bike, it's about a 25 min bike ride through some lovely dutch farmland. 2 -
Adhdvogeltj3, pictures pleaseAdhdvogeltj3 wrote: »I guess I'm the only european in this group haha!
I'm from the Netherlands, I live on the fringes of the city of Groningen, the capital of the province of... yes Groningen ( We apparently ran out of names for places ) It's the northern most province of the country but we still don't get weather like you do showjumper! Good god! How are you not a popsicle!?
I usually go to the barn by bike, it's about a 25 min bike ride through some lovely dutch farmland. I so desperately want to travel to other countries, but don't have the money for that and horses 
I'd love to see what your area looks like and hear all about it!
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@showjumper you are brave.0
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I'm from Canton, Minnesota, in the farthest southeast corner of the state, where your nose hairs freeze together, but not quite as cold as where @showjumper lives. We just had a nice fluffy snow overnight and I'm getting in the Christmas spirit.5
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I'm in a small town in western North Carolina. About 2 hours west of Asheville, and 2 hours west of Tryon.
There is nothing here, horse related. There are some beautiful trails though. I have big plans to get a nice arena built, and set up a small jump field. I would love to have a CT here eventually; I would love to do a horse trial here, but not enough land. We have 14 acres, not enough for XC, unless someone knows some tricks they'd like to share! I'm really curious how many people would show up if I had something like that.
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bumping for anyone else who would like to introduce themselves 0
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I'm in Kansas City Missouri. Barn is a 15 min drive from my house. Lots of land around here but most of it is dedicated to cows, soybeans, and corn. Or real estate developers who get it rezoned for houses. Most folks ride Westerns. Those who ride English are Hunters/Jumpers. The Dressage community is small but has been active since before the USDF was organized.
Weather-wise we've got triple digit temps with 90+% humidity in the summer and below 0 with ice and snow in the winter. My trainer is from Denmark and says it is far colder here than there. I don't mind the cold or the snow but the ice is not fun. The pastures become too dangerous for the horses to be in even if the temps are ok for them.
We just went through a week of high temps in the single digits. Christmas day is expected to be a high of 60. Go figure.1 -
I was born in St Lois. My parents moved us to FL when I was 7. I played outside a lot as a kid. Don't remember much about MO except the leaves changing colors, sledding down the hill at the park and the grey snow in the playground at school.
I went back to St Lois once in September for a wedding. My cousins wanted to go to Dairy Queen, but I was too cold for ice cream.1 -
Really?? When you go to St. Louis you go to Ted Drewes, not Dairy Queen! Although not being from here originally I am partial to DQ over TD - even though I live 1/2 a block behind Ted Drewes.luckypony71 wrote: »I went back to St Lois once in September for a wedding. My cousins wanted to go to Dairy Queen, but I was too cold for ice cream.
I grew up doing h/j in Colorado, went to college in MO and moved to St. Louis for a horse job after that. I burned out in less than 2 years, quit horses all together for about 5 years then had an opportunity to learn to breeze babies at a local trainers track - which was the coolest thing ever, I picked up a 3 yr old at the end of that summer planning to get him going and sell him - but then I we started eventing & haven't looked back - that was 8 years ago:)
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I'm from Tulbagh in South Africa. It is a tiny rural town in a beautiful valley where lots of fruit and grapes (and wine) is produced. We have summer now and temperatures went up to 40 degrees Celcius. If you ever visit SA, you have to visit our historic little town.2
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@jlyle73, so envious that you breezed babies. I always wanted to! And I'm glad you and your then 3 year old project got hooked on eventing 0
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@jlyle73 My sister has a couple of those project horses that were meant to be sold. LOL. A fun job for sure.
@Kidostud So cool that you are from South Africa. My mother lives in Bolivia. I know another woman through Facebook that is in Central America. I love learning how other countries differ in the care of their horses. For example in Central America it is common to feed horses bananas as treats instead of carrots or apples that we feed in the US. In Bolivia they will feed the horses bread.1
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