Hours to Drive 2017

[MajorClementine]

You guys are the best. Thanks for being patient with me while I sorted out the driving times.

 

[jeanniecogan]

55 minutes for charlie today and 30 minutes for Daisy today. thanks

 

[Marsha Cassada]

50 minutes for Dapper Dan. Total harness time. We did stop and chat with a neighbor for a few minutes.

 

[jeanniecogan]

Dan is learning patience while you chat. i think that should count

Charlie gets 65 minutes today.

 

[KLJcowgirl]

I will add 40 minutes for last night.

 

[Cayuse]

I have 45 minutes for today with Peanut, driving.

 

[jeanniecogan]

please put me down for 45 minutes for Charlie and 20 minutes for Daisy. thanks

 

[MajorClementine]

50 minutes for Dapper Dan. Total harness time. We did stop and chat with a neighbor for a few minutes.

Totally agree that stopping to chat still counts. Learning to stand is an huge part of driving.

Wow, when the weather turns nice you guys are out driving every day. I need to learn from your examples!

 

[MajorClementine]

I will add 40 minutes for last night.

Got you added to our spreadsheet. Welcome!

 

[Northwolf]

You can add 50 minutes for Teddy on thursday and 70 minutes for the team yesterday.

 

[Cayuse]

MajorClem I sent you a email PM on Thursday about an awards idea I had, did it get to you?

 

[Marsha Cassada]

45 minutes for dd today.

 

[Marsha Cassada]

You can add 50 minutes for Teddy on thursday and 70 minutes for the team yesterday.

I see your driving times are fairly consistent. Do you have a route you use, or a routine? I have a two mile route that I usually take mine, so my times are pretty much the same each time. If I go out of this route, then I'm into 3 or 4 miles, or more. Also, after rains, some of the roads I could go on are impassable. Since my sulky isn't that comfortable, I stick with the 2 mile route.

 

[MajorClementine]

Half way through the year and we're at roughly 80 hours driving and 25 ground driving for the group. That's over 100 hours of combined driving in the first 6 months!

 

[Northwolf]

@Marsha: I do not always drive the same route, but I vary between 2-3 similar ones

distances are between 2.5 and 5 miles. We started to drive longer distances (5-8 miles) the last few weeks, and even go a little bit faster. But the problem is we have a lot of hills and not much flat routes, so Teddy has to improve his fitness step by step. Sometimes, I ship them to drive outside where we choose flat and easy terrain, so we can do longer drives. That's a lot of fun for the ponies (and for me too

).

We started our month with 60 minutes team-driving on saturday (common route but slower; we had my 30 yo gelding with us) and 90 minutes sulky driving for Massai on sundays.

 

[Cayuse]

60 minutes of driving for Peanut today.

Thanks!

 

[Marsha Cassada]

60 minutes for Dapper Dan.

 

[Cayuse]

30 minutes ground driving Cappy and then 15 minutes of driving with him today.

My husband drove him 15 minutes too, but I didn't count his time in with mine. I thought I should mention that because we share Cappy and sometimes I post on the other thread that we both drive him.

 

[KLJcowgirl]

I will add another 45 minutes for Saturday

 

[Northwolf]

60 minutes yesterday for Teddy and Massai