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  • #41
    About 45 minutes each way, 1+hour on in heavy traffic. I try to get out five days a week and usually succeed.
    bar.ka think u al.l. susp.ect
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    • #42
      This is at an appropriate time...
      Mare is currently 22 miles away- takes 35-40 mins to get there. I'm out 5 days/week. Found an amazing place but it's 50 miles away- takes 1 hour (30 miles on Toll road with no traffic). I'm going back and forth... can't really decide... it's a hike... but on the other hand, cheaper, better facilities, and access to 22 miles of trails....
      Huh... decisions
      Proudly living in my "let's save the world bubble"!

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      • #43
        45min-1 hour, 6 days a week. For me its totally worth it as I love my farm. I think after a few years I am just used to the drive at this point.

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        • #44
          The horses are at home and work is 37 miles/one hour away, I drive to work 4 days a week.

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          • #45
            25 minutes from work, 35 minutes from home. How often I go out depends on what's going on and if I feel like going, etc. He's at a great place so I don't have to go to check on him. Which is really nice. There are places closer to my home (10-15 minutes) but you couldn't pay me to board there!

            During the week, I go right after work to cut down on the commute time since the barn is one direction and home is the opposite direction! I usually take one lesson a week so I'm there for that and I try to make it out most weekends (both days). And then I throw in at least one extra day during the week if not 2. So between 3-5 days a week... on average, about 4 days.

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            • #46
              25 miles, 30 minutes, 5-6 times a week.

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              • #47
                25 minutes from home, 10-15 from work.

                Caitlin
                Caitlin
                *OMGiH I Loff my Mare* and *My Saddlebred Can Do Anything Your Horse Can Do*
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                • #48
                  9 miles from home and work

                  20 minutes on weekends; 30 during weekday rush hours

                  I average 4 trips a week

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                  • #49
                    12 miles from home to barn (10 - 15 minutes depending on if I go the interstate or the backway). I work from home so same. I currently go 4 to 5 days a week. I ride the pony to lessons from my barn to trainers barn about 10 minute ride at a walk. I hope to send him off this fall to an eventing barn but it is on the other side of town and I am having a hard time making that commitment even if it is just for 3 to 4 months.
                    Pamela Ellis

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                    • #50
                      Currently 45 min minimum, more depending on traffic - a solid hour today for example. I try to go at least 4 times a week.

                      But next week I'm moving, and she will be just 10 min away from ma. Yay!
                      Proud Member Of The Lady Mafia

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                      • #51
                        About 10 minutes from work, and 15 minutes from home. I'm on the "self-clean" option so I am out 7 days a week.

                        The only annoying thing is that home is one way and the barn is another, and if I am going to be at the barn for more than an hour or so, I have to come home first to let the dogs out (they have to be kept in all day for a variety of reasons), and then backtrack right past my office to get back to the barn again!

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                        • #52
                          I used to board and it was 40 min, now they're in my backyard, so 40 steps instead.

                          What a difference!

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                          • #53
                            Originally posted by rabicon View Post
                            I walk out the back door (thank goodness) but my friends drive 1-1/2 hours depending of traffic.
                            Ditto.
                            "But if you buy them as ponies aren't they cheaper?" - Favorite non-horse person quote.

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                            • #54
                              20 minutes each way. I go out to the barn 5-6 days a week.

                              I had my horse at home for 4 years and really enjoyed the bond we formed but like another poster said it's really nice having access to the facilities a larger boarding barn provides. When I had my guy at home I spent alot of time hauling out to an indoor or to go trail riding with a friend etc..so I actually think it's less time consuming for me to be at a boarding barn.

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                              • #55
                                1 hour from my house, 40 min from school. 4-5 days a week, 2-3 of these after school.
                                During the summer (at a different barn) 10 min. 4-5 times a week.
                                Different flavors of crazy, but totally NUTS. You know its true. - GreyHunterHorse

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