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Tom Mother-Effing Wheeler, yo.
trip to cali part 5: back to la
December 19, 2003
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Homeward bound.
trip to cali part 4: the circle w ranch
December 18, 2003
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Fatty opening the gate next to the hoofguard on the ride back home.
trip to cali part 4: the circle w ranch
December 18, 2003
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Okay, I'm running out of things to say in these captions so just relax and enjoy the pics.
trip to cali part 4: the circle w ranch
December 18, 2003
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Hahah.
trip to cali part 4: the circle w ranch
December 18, 2003
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Grant in the sun.
trip to cali part 4: the circle w ranch
December 18, 2003
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Gun slinger.
trip to cali part 4: the circle w ranch
December 18, 2003
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Bearded cowboy.
trip to cali part 4: the circle w ranch
December 18, 2003
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Fatty surveying his home on the range.
trip to cali part 4: the circle w ranch
December 18, 2003
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Grant holding my horse for me while I dismounted to open the gate next to the hoof guard so that we could move on to a different area of the ranch.
trip to cali part 4: the circle w ranch
December 18, 2003
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He's the Fatty: on a steel horse he rides...
trip to cali part 4: the circle w ranch
December 18, 2003
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More stupid cattle.
trip to cali part 4: the circle w ranch
December 18, 2003
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I love this photo so much.
trip to cali part 4: the circle w ranch
December 18, 2003
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I call this photo "Shadowrider." (But when you say it's title, please say it in a hushed whisper or you won't get the full-effect of its truly amazing 8th-grade Art-ness.)
trip to cali part 4: the circle w ranch
December 18, 2003
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Heading towards the open trails.
trip to cali part 4: the circle w ranch
December 18, 2003
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So remember how I said these weren't no pussy horses? As soon as we got them on the open trail, they all started galloping. That's right: not a trot, not a canter, a full-on fucking gallop. Holy shit, I almost did something in my pants that would've put Dashiell to shame. Here's a pic Grant managed to take of me right as we all finally managed to slow them down.
trip to cali part 4: the circle w ranch
December 18, 2003
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Grant and the Fatty on theirs. Now, one thing to keep in mind - the horses we were riding weren't wimpy petting zoo horses that have been ridden by hundreds of people. These horses were broken, but don't get ridden all that often - and when they do get ridden, they're ridden by real cowboys who know how to handle them. So in the beginning, we each had to spend quite a bit of time with our horses pretending like we knew how to act like we were in charge.
trip to cali part 4: the circle w ranch
December 18, 2003
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Bee Gee Cowboy.
trip to cali part 4: the circle w ranch
December 18, 2003
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Us in the stable
trip to cali part 4: the circle w ranch
December 18, 2003
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Grant at the reigns.
trip to cali part 4: the circle w ranch
December 18, 2003
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Me on my steed.
trip to cali part 4: the circle w ranch
December 18, 2003
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Horse with one blue eye.
trip to cali part 3: sf to northfork
December 15, 2003
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Yaaaaaay, Horses!
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December 15, 2003
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Action shot.
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December 15, 2003
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When were leaving, this horse started whinnying goodbye.
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December 15, 2003
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Suspicious horse eye! Hahaha.
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December 15, 2003
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Fwiends!
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December 15, 2003
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They're both smiling. Hahaha.
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December 15, 2003
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Hahahaha.
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December 15, 2003
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Holy fuck, right?
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December 15, 2003
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Haaaaaay!
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December 15, 2003
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The approach.
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December 15, 2003
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More pics of Fatty making friends, this time with my nostril-friend horse.
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December 15, 2003
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Yep, love them nostrils.
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December 15, 2003
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And here he is showing me his nostril.
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December 15, 2003
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Horses are pretty fucking scary if you're not used to being around them. My only experience with horses up until then had been in enclosed spaces. When these horses (that were grazing in an open field) saw us step across the hoof guard thingy into their field, all four of them came galloping over to us full speed. I was looking at Fatty like "Should we run?" In the end we realized that they were just excited to see new people, but it was still kind of unsettling having an animal that big excited to see you.
trip to cali part 3: sf to northfork
December 15, 2003
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Horsey like scratchy scratchy.
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December 15, 2003
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Fatty making friends.
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December 15, 2003
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We were planning on riding horses the next day so Fatty and I decided to walk over and try to make friends with some of the guys that we might end up riding.
trip to cali part 3: sf to northfork
December 15, 2003
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This horse was funny. He liked me taking pics of him. Here he is doing his impression of Joe Camel.
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December 15, 2003
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Hahaha.
trip to cali part 3: sf to northfork
December 15, 2003