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Austin Texas Vacation and Polocrosse

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Austin Texas Vacation and Polocrosse

AustinHey, everybody, Ranae retired from her 9-5 job and now we have a little more freedom.  The first trip was planned some time ago and we just returned from Austin, Texas.  We heard Texas was a great place for bar-b-que.  We also heard Austin was known for live music.  We wanted to see for ourselves.

We learned the Lonestar Polocrosse Club was hosting a match in nearby Coupland, Texas about 40 minutes outside of Austin.  We have never seen a polocrosse match, but many of the participants use Australian Stock Horses and had met them at our Colorado Campdraft in 2013.  We got to see Kellee Campbell, Kiki Pantaze, and Paul Johnson for the first time in three years.  We also met some excellent players at the A level, Garret and Braxton Hamlin.  I took my recorder and got a few minutes of audio, but it was extremely windy.

AustinThen the rest of the trip was mostly eating, sightseeing, and walking.  We found a little comedy improv club called The Hideout and say a show.  We had dinner at the Roaring Fork restaurant.  We looked for music at Threadgills.  Our tour of the LBJ museum was fascinating.  We put a couple of other presidential libraries on our to-do list.  In Austin, there are the bats at the Congress St. bridge.  That is an amazing site.  Seeing 750.000 bats fly out shortly after sunset from such a tiny area was amazing.

All-in-all it was a great kickoff to Ranae’s retirement.  We’ll have more horse stories in the coming weeks.  Stay tuned.

Learn more about the Bats at Congress Bridge.

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Polocrosse with Paul Johnson

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Polocrosse

 Polocrosse with Paul Johnson

I first met Paul Johnson at the Campdraft event held in Kiowa, Colorado in August 2013.  Paul was there to try his hand at campdrafting.  A longtime polocrosse player, Paul likes the high speed pursuit of both sports.  Paul Johnson is from McDade, Texas.  Paul has been involved in polocrosse for many years, has written a book, and produced a DVD on the sport.  Polocrosse is a high speed horse competition that is very popular in Australia.  There are pockets of players in the US and its polocrosse play is on the rise.  The game is played with three horses on a team.  Each player has his job.  Paul explains those jobs and tells us how the game is played and scored.

We also get Paul to talk about the qualities he looks for in a good horse.  Paul has spent quite some time playing and coaching the game and offers his insights.  In fact, Paul has made a training DVD.  In it Paul takes three horses and three players on a journey.  From initial contact to first polocrosse competition, you see it all.  Learn how Paul’s polocrosse teamed fared.

One note at a point in the interview we have a few technical problems, but we got them resolved and carry on.  There is a little change in the audio quality.  Sorry about that…

The Link to: Paul Johnson’s Polocrosse DVD

The Link to Paul’s website: Paul Johnson’s website for horses, books, and dvd’s

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