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~~~Armitas~~~

~~~Armitas~~~

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**********Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps********** …..much like me…I’m sure there are a couple of you out there…who are wondering….. What’s an Armitas?….. …..a couple years ago…(well maybe more than a couple)…I discovered their existence….. In a nutshell…they’re short chaps….. I already have some half-chaps…which allow me to ride in blue jeans and (God forbid) tennis shoes (I draw the line at flip-flops)….. Half-chaps turn a person’s lower legs into quasi-riding boots….. …..with just a couple snaps or Velcro…

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*****What Time Is It?*****

*****What Time Is It?*****

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**********Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps********** …………………It Mongol Derby Time!………………… My friend (SueEllen)—(that’s an alias) has yet again returned to the inner Steppes of Mongolia to participate in her second Mongolian Derby….. …..Talk About A Wild Ride….. She competed in the Derby…two or three years ago…(Mongol Derby #1)….. It was May of 2019….. This year they ran two Derbies…I guess the entirety of Mongolia shut down during the Covid-19 Pandemic….. Here’s the Live Twitter Feed…..(Mongol Derby Live)….. Here’s the…

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The Mongol Derby

The Mongol Derby

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  Remember the extreme sports club I belong to??? We’re a schematic of various ages/genders/backgrounds & skill-levels. The common thread is we are all equine-riding-eccentrics. Endorphin junkies in the extreme… Well Suellen has taken it to YET another tier……….. She’s going to ride on the Mongolian-Manchurian Steppe somewhere between Russia and China this summer……………………….in the Mongol Derby… She applied and she was chosen! Here’s an explanation………………….it’s entertaining………………it’s crazy……………..(I wish I were younger and skinnier——-Suellen already is.) *****Description of the Mongol…

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