Bill's Memorial Service
It's a Horse Life
by GunDiva
1y ago
  Taken at Bill and Juanita's 20th Anniversary trip to Yellowstone We are having an in-person memorial for Bill, but he touched so many people worldwide, we wanted to be able to Zoom it as well. The Allenspark Community Church has been kind enough to set it up for us. Bill's service is scheduled for tomorrow, December 2 at 2:00 p.m. MST. If you'd like to join us virtually, the information is below. Topic: Bill Martin Memorial Service Time: Dec 2, 2022 01:30 PM Mountain Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88634081098?pwd=OVJhWVZSZVZRWk8wYklCOXR1dS9 ..read more
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A Loving Legacy
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by Allenspark Lodge
1y ago
    With the heaviest of hearts we are sharing with you that Lodge owners, Juanita and Bill Martin, were involved in a tragic vehicle accident on Monday, Nov. 21 outside of Moab, Utah.  Juanita was flown to Grand Junction, Colorado for treatment of her injuries.  She is already on the road to a full recovery. Reba, the Lodge Dog, was treated by a local vet and has been released to friends of the family. She will resume her Lodge Dog duties shortly.  Unfortunately, Bill was lost to us in this tragedy. To allow time for our family to heal, the Lodge will be closing for ..read more
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Seize Your Day
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by Allenspark Lodge
1y ago
   This morning I went out to feed the neighbors' chickens and ducks (she had her shoulder replace a couple days ago).   As I was holding the gate and walking out of the chicken pen I started t   I woke up on my knees wondering "Who?  What?  Where?"      I slowly stood up.  Everything was working but I was still a little confused.   I thought  "My God!  I think I've had a seizure!"    After I stood for a few more seconds, I understood.   There was a hot wire strung just above  the gate.  T ..read more
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Funday
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by Allenspark Lodge
1y ago
  Not my best afternoon. My daughter's facebook post on our noontime "ride"... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We'd planned to have a nice little ride this afternoon. But ... things got a little exciting and now there isn't a hitch trail. It was just a cascade of bad things - I asked Bill to help me tent Skeets' saddle pad, so he left Al tied with his saddle on his back, but not cinched on. Skeets let me fix her pad, but scooted sideways when I went to reach under for her cinch. Al thought that was scary a ..read more
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A Long Winter
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by Allenspark Lodge
2y ago
  This was supposed to have been published in May of LAST year, but I just found it as a draft...  Last week I was driving down Hwy 7 in Estes Park and almost hit a hawk.  It flew from the side and turned to fly directly in front of me about 3 feet above the ground right in front of my bumper.  It refused to drop the rabbit that was weighing it down, and finally veered off.  I was so glad I did not kill a federally protected raptor.  It would have been even worse, because I was driving a mail truck. Yeah, I've been delivering mail over the winter to  help ..read more
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Bad Cop, Good Cop
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by Allenspark Lodge
2y ago
  Saturday, March 19th, 5:00 p.m. Phone rings.  “Hi Scott.  How are you?”  “Juanita, I just wanted to call and let you know I moved the horses from the north section to the south.”  “OK, thanks.”  “I really called to tell you … that brown horse of yours ….”  Oh, oh.  What has Alloy done now?  Apparently, after getting caught, loaded, and moved, Al had decided he couldn’t get out of the trailer fast enough, so he went charging out backwards, breaking the hay string that had been used on his halter to lead him and load him.  (We tend to use whate ..read more
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Just Moosed Me
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by Allenspark Lodge
2y ago
My heart is still pounding. Earlier this afternoon I had told one of our guests that moose are more dangerous than bears or mountain lions, and 4 or 5 people have been injured in moose attacks this year.  The victims had been walking their dogs, and the moose (mooses?) had taken offence. This evening I was crawling backwards out of the chicken coop after checking to make sure they were in for the night, and had my little pocket flashlight in hand.  I closed and latched the coop door and was still on my hands and knees when I heard something behind me.  I turned and lit up a moos ..read more
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Horse Time
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by Allenspark Lodge
2y ago
Soooooo .... we have actually done some really fun stuff this summer with the horses, the last of which was an obstacles clinic with our favorite Mustang trainer, Jessica Dabkowski at Two Spruce Farm.  The owner, Jody Marken is also very knowledgeable and was a huge help teaching me to slow down and learn how to move your horse 'one step at a time'. It's a lot harder than it sounds.  It's much easier to ask your horse to move in any given direction and have them move three, four or more steps, than it is to have them just move one foot, one step.  Try it. Here Washoe and I fina ..read more
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Just Horse'in Around
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by Allenspark Lodge
2y ago
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Spring Pollen
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by Allenspark Lodge
3y ago
 Juanita and I have been riding 2 or 3 times a week for the last month.   Her horse Washoe has been behaving himself (for the most part.  Just occasional snacking on the trail.) And Alloy hasn't dumped me on the ground so far.  Ten rides now.   I really hope I didn't just jinx it... This spring has had it's normal pollen season that seems to be just about over.  Riding down the trails, if you bump a tree limb the yellow cloud poofs down around you.   It kind of cool looking.  But the pollen does settle down all over everything. One of our ..read more
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