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So I haven't been around much lately because I've been super busy with goats (Phil and I just got home from Beulah where we did goat cart rides for the kids at the annual Arts and Crafts festival), and especially horses this summer. I've gotten back into jumping, I'm starting a 3-year-old, and I'm doing team sorting and a lot of trail riding this year. I don't usually talk about my horse adventures on a goat forum, but I think some of you might get a kick out of this. I'm hosting an obstacle competition on August 21st and I decided to go with an Indiana Jones theme. I've got five obstacles inspired by the first movie and five obstacles inspired by the third movie. I'm having a blast building obstacles. In fact, I've got to go work on them some more this afternoon, but I thought I'd share these images first.
The "Open Division" course map:
The course descriptions are peppered with quotes from the movies, and I'll have Indiana Jones music playing over the loudspeakers. My favorite obstacle is the one with the giant ball. You pick up the golden skull from the barrel and it's attached to a string that pulls a lever and releases a giant ball that rolls down a track. Here's a video my husband took of the first simple prototype I made to see if my lever idea worked.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8w0QopXIEg
I removed the soccer ball cover and am currently in the process of painting the ball grey. Phil turned a big cardboard box into an Ark of the Covenant yesterday and I'll paint it gold and put a smoke machine in it. I've got a pile of rubber snakes and some homemade rattles for my "snake pit". The last obstacle is the funniest. I dressed up this inflatable doll to look like Sean Connery. You have to stop your horse at a table, choose one of a dozen or so goblets, fill it with water, and pour it on the mannequin.
So that's what I've been up to lately. I can't wait to set up this course and see how it rides!
The "Open Division" course map:
The course descriptions are peppered with quotes from the movies, and I'll have Indiana Jones music playing over the loudspeakers. My favorite obstacle is the one with the giant ball. You pick up the golden skull from the barrel and it's attached to a string that pulls a lever and releases a giant ball that rolls down a track. Here's a video my husband took of the first simple prototype I made to see if my lever idea worked.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8w0QopXIEg
I removed the soccer ball cover and am currently in the process of painting the ball grey. Phil turned a big cardboard box into an Ark of the Covenant yesterday and I'll paint it gold and put a smoke machine in it. I've got a pile of rubber snakes and some homemade rattles for my "snake pit". The last obstacle is the funniest. I dressed up this inflatable doll to look like Sean Connery. You have to stop your horse at a table, choose one of a dozen or so goblets, fill it with water, and pour it on the mannequin.
So that's what I've been up to lately. I can't wait to set up this course and see how it rides!