This message is from: "S. A. Freivald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Joe and I are both retired. He is a PhD mathematician who taught for a number of years and then became a civilian contractor in computer-stuff for a company doing DOD contracts. I became an RN when our kids were about half-grown and completed my MSN as a gerontological nurse practitioner when the last ones graduated from high school. We have 9 sons and 2 daughters, 18 grandchildren, and currently one fjord horse. We lived in the Finger Lakes region of NY for over 20 years and had horses, goats, chickens on our property, but with retirement to Northern Virginia brought only the Fjord. MVF Venn is boarded about 15 minutes from our home on a 330 acre farm owned and operated by an equine vet. The trails and facilities are marvelous for both riding and driving. The support and cameraderie the best. I am blessed to have been "adopted" by Curt Pierce and Marsha Korose and do expos with them and navigate for Marsha as she competes her pair.
Re: helmets. I have a good friend who drives Belgians and does farm work with them (she boards at the same place I do and has put in a 1/4 acre vegetable garden there, all prep work done with her horses). She does a number of events--plowing, log skidding, etc. and bless her heart, she always wears her helmet. The good old boys that are out there doing the same thing just smile and shake their heads, but she provides the example. (She teaches bio-chem at a local college and values her head!). Sue Freivald The FjordHorse List archives can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw
