How Far Do You Drive to the Barn?

[hunter1985]

I drive 34 miles round trip to the barn everyday... sigh sometimes twice a day five times a week. I work out there so I don't have much of a choice

[Paddys Mom]

23 steps ;)

[hunter1985]

23 steps ;)

I need that!! :winkgrin:

[myhorsefaith]

17 miles 1 way.

[see u at x]

About 26 miles one way, which turns into around a 40-45 minute drive taking the slower back roads because I hate dealing with traffic.

[TBrescue]

22 miles each way

[ryansgirl]

1.1 miles one way twice a day everyday :). With any luck in the near future, it will be measured in feet and not miles (i.e. out my back door). :D

[Curb Appeal]

20 miles each way. On weekday evenings, I get to deal with Minneapolis rush hour and construction too. It can take up to an hour to get there on some nights.

[AlternaPony]

Got you all beat I think. 28 miles one way. If I add that to my commute in the pm (which I do) its about 85 miles one way. Yikes.

[SmartAlex]

From Home 7 miles
From Work about the same.

I am SPOILed. That also means I am totally not willing to move to a barn where I could have a nicer bigger indoor and instruction. I couldn't get there as often so what would be the point....?

[gotabuk]

23 steps ;)

Man, I'm jealous....I have to walk 37 steps! ;)

[BuddyRoo]

This is the closest (aside from when they lived at home) that I've ever had my horses....5 miles.

But there have been times when I've had to keep a horse about an hour away. That SUCKS.

[coloredhorse]

Man, I'm jealous....I have to walk 37 steps! ;)

28 steps when I'm sound, probably over 30 when I limp. :D

[Calvincrowe]

38 miles, one way. I go out 3-4 days a week.


On the other hand, I am about 29 steps (more if the dogs get in my way) from my horses at home.:)

[eventchic33]

about 300 feet, my barn had to be far enough away so my hubby won't barf from the smell. He doesn't deal well with smells. you should see him at the fair in the dairy and swine barns. poor thing. But my hay barn is about 10 feet from the house

[War Admiral]

Right now, about 500 feet. I live on-site. Home-to-work is 35 miles though.

[Blkarab]

The furthest I've ever had to board my horse was 3 1/2 hours one way :eek::( That only lasted a month, thank goodness. It was an emergency situation.

Right now, I'm driving 22 miles from my home one way. Add an additional 13 miles from work.

In a month, I'm moving to just 3 minutes from the barn :D:lol::):winkgrin:;):cool::cool::cool: Yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and I can hardly wait!

[Vesper Sparrow]

45 minutes either way. It is a nice drive, though, through beautiful countryside in summer and lots of opportunities to see Snowy Owls in winter.:)

[Madison]

Before I retired my mare and went on riding-hiatus for now, I was doing 70 miles each way, 140 round trip, to get to the barn and trainer I wanted to work with, and to navigate Atlanta traffic. Believe it or not, the 70 mile drive was less stressful than the prior 35 miles-each-way drive that had far worse traffic. But, it definitely wore on me in the end because it was hard to do with my job, which itself is demanding.

[equest]

6.5 miles from home (10-15 minutes). I get to go 2 or 3 times per week.

[DressageGeek "Ribbon Ho"]

43 miles one way. Thanks to the moronic MoDOT construction, which has closed down an entire stretch of major interstate for two years (if we're lucky) it is now over 50 miles. Three interstates, one state, one county and then the local road.

[FancyFree]

It used to take me 45 minutes to 1 hour to get to the stables. Very soon it will take 10 minutes or less.

*Happy dance!*

[Simkie]

9.4 miles, which is pretty nice.

Used to be 23.4 which got old fast when gas prices went through the roof.

[hedmbl]

At home it's 24 miles from my house to the barn (about 34 mins without traffic). Driven twice a day every day. (The MoDot construction missed my route thankfully...although a good portion of it is on 40/64)

At school it's only about 10 mins from my house to the barn (5 min from campus to the barn) driven twice a day everyday.

[Punkie]

HA I have you all beat by...well a lot of miles.

I drive 160 miles round trip 2 days a week (from home) and 132 miles two days a week (from work) for two (soon to be three) of my horses. I drive 36 miles round trip three days a week from home for my other two horses, and I make the same drive from my RI farm to my MA farm four days a week, which adds another 20 miles onto the whole thing. The good news is that even though it's 160 miles, it's all highway driving, so it only takes me 15-20 more minutes than all the back road driving that I do to the barn that's closer mile-wise. Between just going to ride my horses and then traveling to shows almost every weekend, I've put A LOT of miles on my car in recent months!!

[Daatje]

3 miles one way. :) As soon as hubby and I find a house to buy, she'll be out the back door.

[BeastieSlave]

11 miles each way two times a day. Really, it wouldn't be so bad if there was some gas to buy down here!

[MajMeadowMorgans]

Man, I'm jealous....I have to walk 37 steps! ;)

I've got you beat! 2 steps down out my back door :P I live in an apartment in my barn :D

[TBKate]

10.2 miles, which would be fantastic if I ever had time to go. :( Straight down 441, for those of you familiar with Florida...I get to drive across a state park prairie reserve and see some gorgeous sunsets, as well as the occasional wild horse or bison. Trainer's barn is a 40 minute drive, longer with a trailer.

[jazzrider]

Man, I'm jealous....I have to walk 37 steps! ;)

Now you know all of us who have our horses at home will be counting our steps tonight! :lol::lol:

[pattnic]

Punkie's the only one who's got me beat. I drive 57 miles (on the nose) one way on Parking Lot 75 N in Atlanta. With the "no gas" thing going on, right now it's at about 3 times per week... previously it was 5 - 6 times/week.

ETA: The going up there in Atlanta traffic has definitely taken me three hours before. With no traffic, I can do about an hour-five and 43 mpg.

[Sandy M]

Approx. 8 miles each way -10-15 mins, depending upon traffic. ride usually 5-6 days, check him every day, barring a commitment that keeps me at work or the like.

Furthest I've boarded was about 45 min (an hour in commute traffic) away.

Then there were the days when I lived in SF, worked in Oakland, and boarded in Danville. I drove to work on Monday (counter-commute), then on to the stable for a total of about 36-40 miles, then took public transportation (BART, bus) back, usually arriving home around 10:30 or 11:00 P.M. Then I'd use public transport to work and barn for the rest of the week, drive home on Fridays, drive to barn on the weekends. What a draaaag that got to be. Finally moved to live near horse, commute (public transit) to work.++

[Indy]

It usualy takes me 1hr 15 minutes from work or 45 minutes from home.

[Trakehner]

18 miles, door-to-door...which isn't bad except for the ferry ride in the middle. That sucks.

[mjrtango93]

From work the ponies are 7 miles all freeway with no traffic, takes me about 15 minutes to get there (stupid parking garage at work!). From home they are about 11 miles which still only takes about 15 minutes as I just drive straight down Hwy 4. I live about 2 miles on a empty street with no stops or signals and the barn is 1 mile off with no stops or signals so you can drive fast!:) Luckily I work insane hours (6am to 3pm) so I don't really ever see traffic which is good as all my driving is on 242, 680, and 4. Plus I have 3 horses and work at the barn everyday and still get home at around 7pm!

[deltawave]

600 feet. I walk, unless it is precipitating sideways or below 15 degrees. :)

I make the "trek" at least twice a day, usually more like 3-4 times.

[Moesha]

Days! :)

[Peggy]

50 miles one way from home or work. If I go home --> barn --> work --> home it's 120 miles total. I go out 4-5 days per week, but only one of those is on a day I have classes.

[JoZ]

Work at home
Keep horses at home
Count my blessings daily!

[Huntertwo]

23 steps ;)

Wise guy......:winkgrin:

[olympicprincess]

One-way from home:
12mi to one barn
5mi further to the other

add 5-7mi more if coming from office

[Huntertwo]

Not sure of the mileage, but maybe 15-20 minutes?

[KPF]

Wow, I'll have to count the steps to my barn now :)... but its about 800' up a big hill from my house. I'll walk in nice weather but usually take the golf cart, or in yucky weather, the truck. I go at least twice a day. The barn where I take lessons is about a 25 minute drive from home or 30 minutes from work, and I go twice a week. When I boarded, my horse was 35 min. away and I went 4-5 times a week.

[Trevelyan96]

Man, I'm jealous....I have to walk 37 steps! ;)

Hah... got you beat... I have to walk 50 steps!

[BostonEq]

One hour on the highway each way.... more if I try to leave (or enter) the city during rush hour, which is usually 6am-11am and 2pm-8pm. No kidding.

Longest it has ever taken me was 2.5 hours because of an accident. Agh!

[Trevelyan96]

Man, I'm jealous....I have to walk 37 steps! ;)

Hah... got you beat... I have to walk 50 steps! But I get to drive 29 miles back and forth to work every day, so the only advantage I get is on weekends. :cry

[texang73]

20 mi one way from the house, but just 9 mi from work... so if I do a RT from home to work then to barn then home again, it's 48 miles... :eek: But then if I add in a trip to see my retired horse (who's at a different place), well, then add 20 miles RT to that... :eek:

I drive too much. I hate Houston.

[Mtn trails]

35 miles one way for one horse; and about 20 steps to the others. The one I keep at the barn is in training and board is free for me so I can't complain. I help out with billing and pick up their feed so it's a pretty sweet deal to have a nice stall with paddock, indoor and outdoor, pasture turnout, etc. Unfortunately this may change very soon in that case I may have to sell her. :cry:

[CHorseFarm]

50 miles RT

[SmartAlex]

One spring I put a horse in training 4 hours and 25 minutes away. I managed to get there every other Saturday. They always laughed because they could still set their watches by my arrival. :yes:

[SaddlersRow]

About 20 miles, from either home or work (which are not at all in the same area!).

[Oldgreymare]

To barn - about 100 feet, then into golf cart for the rest of the barns and pastures :D

[wolfpackfan]

We drive 20 miles to the boarding barn several times a week and drive 90 miles each way two to three times a month to see my daughter's trainer. However, we love them so much I tell them I would drive 4 hourse each way to see them!!

[Taska]

20 miles round trip, usually takes me 20-25 minutes which I don't mind. Going I get a chance to decompress from work and coming back I get to think happy thoughts about the nice time I had with the horses and plan dinner. My commute to work is even less-only 3 miles from home-so I feel very lucky that I don't have waste too much time in my car. I get out to the barn about 5 days a week in the summer and about 3-4 in the winter.

[Hazelnut]

About 18 miles from home. A little less from work.

It takes 25 minutes from work
30 - 35 from home

I go 6 - 7 days a week.

I been as close at 12 minutes and as far away as an hour+. I still always go the same number of times per week.

When I was 12 minutes a day I could go out twice a day, which I liked.

[CraziiPonii]

25 to 30 minutes one way. Well actually, 25min for my dad and 30min for my mom;). In the summer I'm down 5-6 days a week and during school 3-4 days a week.

[BCEVENTER]

15 mintues house to barn
7 minutes work to barn! Yes, exactly 7 minutes...

[saddleup]

I couldn't stand it! I just went out and counted steps. 28.

[LSM1212]

From Work: 5 miles... about 10-12 minutes (all back roads)
From Home: 18 miles... about 20-25 minutes (back road to highway to back road)
From Home to Work: 8 miles.... about 20-25 minutes (all back roads w/ lots of traffic lights... no choice)

So not too bad compared to others I've read. :)

I go out 5 days a week (3 weekdays and weekends). If hubby is in town and not traveling for work, I go straight from work. Cuts down on the mileage... that way I don't have to go home first to let the dogs out.

[RedMare01]

3.1 miles and less than 5 minutes to drive.

I'm happy. :lol:

Caitlin

[Just My Style]

Man, I'm jealous....I have to walk 37 steps! ;)

Now you all got me- I have to go count my steps. :winkgrin:

[sublimequine]

About 10-15 minutes, and it's usually little to no traffic. I'm not complaining. :)

[amastrike]

Half an hour (little over 20 miles).

[Just My Style]

UGH!!! I am so far away. I have to walk 53 steps to my gate. And it is another 30 steps or so to the actual barn door. :lol:

[3DogNight]

61 miles one way. Thankfully most of it is highway (either 55 mph or 70 mph) so I can make it in just over an hour.

[Paint Hunter/Jumper]

about 2 miles one way or 4 min driving and about 30 min walking (ITS ALL HILLS!)

[Katy9532]

Well I think compared to some of you I will have to stop complaining about my 68 miles RT. I do however do that drive 7 days a week and have been known to do it more than once in a day.

[jumpoff87]

I can see a show barn- the one i used to ride at since i was 8- from my house, but i ended up not getting along with the trainer and therefore drive 2 hours from wisconsin to mundelein, il. i spent $1800 on gas in a little over a month. I try to go there 4 times a week at least. Makes for a LOT of alone time solving world problems and raging at slow wisconsin/ crazy illinois drivers and traffic. But it's totally worth it

[hunter1985]

I couldn't stand it! I just went out and counted steps. 28.

:lol: LOL

[Sanity Rules]

15 miles each way, every other day. Would go every day if the price of gas wasn't thru the roof!

[LegalEagle]

about 18 miles each way, but mostly highway so about 25 minutes

BUT i ride my bike 5.5 miles each way to school, so I guess I kind of even it out in the gas department:winkgrin:

[CHorseFarm]

WOW! I must say, it is worth every mile I drive for Buddy to have his great home!

[CHorseFarm]

3Dog: & Katy: Just saw your posts. NOW THAT IS SOME MILEAGE!:eek:

[Somantu]

45 km one way

- about 27 minutes when there is no traffic or cops.
- about 40 minutes during rush hour in the HOV lane w/a friend.
- about an hour and 15 during rush hour by myself :(

[chukkerchild]

An hour there, an hour back, every day

[StoneWell]

Was at least a 50 min. commute one way before May, moved my horse closer and now its about 25 minutes one way; just imagine the gas and diesel thats taken every other day at least!

[horse-loverz]

70 miles one way I try to get out there 3 days a week, but have been known to have to make 2 trips up there in a day. Well worth the trip though:D

[Mendin Fences]

4.29 miles :D I convinced my husband to move out of the city and closer to my horse using lines such as "It's close to where you're going to start working in a few months" and "This house will have great resale value" and "I'm scared of the homeless guys in the dumpster" and I cautiously avoided commenting on how close it would put me to my horse. And now... no more hour round trips for me yippeee :D:D:D

[spaghetti legs]

My horse is a 20 minute drive from my house :)

[gotabuk]

I couldn't stand it! I just went out and counted steps. 28.

So, if I'm 37 "normal steps" away from my barn...I wonder how many it would be in "counting strides kind of steps"? I bet I could at least cut the # in half (and get strange looks from the nosey neighbors). :lol: *must try this tonight*

[pharmgirl]

From home, the barn is about 7 miles each way. That's about 10 min or so to/from.

From work, I think it's around 12 miles which is still great in case I have to run over there to meet the vet or something.

Whenever DH and I move, I will be checking to see how long it takes to get to the barn from each prospective house. :D

[Corbyville283]

6.5 miles and about 10 minutes. Average probably 6 days a week. Work on the other hand is 50 miles in the other direction so I spend my gas $$$ traveling to and from work not traveling to the barn.

[Flurry]

22 steps without going outside

[Katy9532]

3Dog: & Katy: Just saw your posts. NOW THAT IS SOME MILEAGE!:eek:


Yeah I wish gas would go back down to under $2. Then I would not ring up at $1500 a mo gas bill. Or I could get a car that gets more than 12 mi to the gallon.:lol:

[quietann]

31 miles each way. The first 15 are freeway, and not bad except at rush hour. The next 5 or so are strip mall h*ll, and then after that I'm out in the country and it's pretty and the speed limit is 55 -- nice. Last 3 or so miles are even nicer but with a lower speed limit. I can get there in 40 minutes if the traffic gods are smiling on me.

The other horse I ride is 30 miles away, in the same general direction, same freeway for the first 26 miles. That can be a 30-minute door to door.

It takes 15 minutes to get from one horse to the other, all on country roads.

[2DogsFarm]

Now: 250' from house to barn
(now I have to count steps so I can see how I measure up to the rest of you "steppers"...)

When I boarded: 80mi RT, 3-4 days a week - Sheesh!
When one got sick I made the drive 5X a week - Double sheesh!

[HunterGirl18]

Good 30 min's.
Unless there's a football game, or huge crash on the lovely Washington Beltway, which happens very frequently.

[HunterGirl18]

22 steps without going outside

hmmm. I'm trying to imagine that one.

[SmartAlex]

So, if I'm 37 "normal steps" away from my barn...I wonder how many it would be in "counting strides kind of steps"? I bet I could at least cut the # in half (and get strange looks from the nosey neighbors). :lol: *must try this tonight*

I wondered how long it would take for the hunter/jumper people to count strides :D

[shoutten]

10 steps from door to pasture fence, maybe 20-25 steps to the gate and about 50 steps to the barn.

Work at home with a flexible schedule :)

[Lori B]

From home to barn: about 12.5 miles each way.

From office to barn: about 14 miles each way. (25 minutes even at rush hour)

this is my best horsey commute yet. But the real gain is that mare has a stall, and I don't have to go find her in the dark in her field this winter to ride on weeknights.

[RoyalTRider]

30 miles one way.

[Jeff Wolf]

65 feet to the corral gate, another 30 to the tack room.

forty seconds in heavy traffic! :lol:

[Petstorejunkie]

down the hill and thru 2 gates. It used to be a 10 minute drive before i moved in with my horse.

[Dalemma]

I'm 100' feet from the barn but I am there about 10 times a day!!

Dalemma

[DressageJoy]

I drive 60 miles one way.. and that includes the 24 mile long bridge which is scary! it takes me about 1 hr 15 min - 1 hr 30min but its totally worth it!

[LiveToFly]

From home to barn is about 37 miles.
Work is around 41 ish miles from home.
Barn is probably around 5 or so miles away from work.
I HATE it, I drive way too much for a 17 year old.
Maricopa is the stupidest place to live on earth.I would work in Maricopa but I refuse to keep myself in this little bubble of a town where there isent even a walmart

[Buffyblue]

Right now the barn is 40 miles (about an hour's drive 1/2 highway 1/2 small roads) but we've moving today and I think the trip will be about 50-52 miles each way. It will be mainly highway and should take about the same amount of time - one hour each way.

[SillyHorse]

My horse lives .75 miles from where I live (1.5 mi. round trip). I waited 10 years for the right situation at that barn.

[CanterQueen]

Now you know all of us who have our horses at home will be counting our steps tonight! :lol::lol:

I'm heading out to count mine now. . . :D

[Stacie]

40 minutes using the interstate and non-rush hour. 1 hour using surface roads non rush hour. 1.5 hours at least on surface roads at rush hour.
I had resisted moving there because of the distance, but the care is so phenomenal, I can't imagine them being anywhere else.

[7HL]

Only six (6) miles...

No traffic, unless you count Amish buggies. Nothing heavy, unless you count the cows in pasture. Lots of great scenery, from Amish farms to covered bridges.

Well worth the long drive to a really great facility. Groomed and un-groomed trails with lots of places to ride. Horse to acreage ratio is fantastic, some great grazing pastures. Outdoor arena.

We'd drive much further, if we had to, to be a such a quality facility.

[00Jumper]

From school it's about 16 miles, give or take, which figures out to about 25-30 minutes one way. From home it's 56 miles or and hour fifteen minutes one way. Now we see why I am searching out an apartment by school. :lol:

[flypony74]

I walk about 50 feet. :)

Where I boarded for 5.5 year all through college, my drive was about 5 miles. That worked out well since I did self-care board.

[shakeytails]

I've got you beat! 2 steps down out my back door :P I live in an apartment in my barn :D

Hey, me too!

The trainer's barn is about 20 mi. (half hour drive) one way. I go there once or twice a week.

[Just My Style]

I really can't believe there are people closer to the barn than I am when I can throw a rock from the porch and hit my barn! :lol:

[Fancy]

22 steps without going outside

OK, now I am really jealous! 63 steps, and they're all OUTSIDE!!! Wonder if I could move the house and.....

:D :lol: :)

My husband told me that we could board our two horses, but when he realized how much we would have to pay for board, he realized that we could buy our own acreage for less. And five years ago, we did.

[Sdhaurmsmom]

26 miles RT. My old barn was only 16 miles RT - but they were the ones with the horrendous dust, so....I'll take the 26. It's the 'second-closest' boarding stables to my house. the 'third closest' is more like a 38 mile RT, and it just gets worse from there.

[411]

My barn is less than 15 minutes from my house and about 20 minutes in traffic from my office.

[LOVE*MY*NAGS]

66 steps!

[NRB]

11 miles 1 way, is about 20 minutes.

before our (human) baby arrived I went out 7 days a week sometimes 2x a day. Now I only go out 5 days a week.