Re: trails

["superpat" <superpat@gateway.net>]

Ohmagosh, Louise,
I was getting tired just reading where you've been and the miles you and
your wonderful horses have ridden. All over the place, too. I have only
ridden tin the Pacific Northwest (Oregon only at that). Now you've given me
the impetus to think more broadly. Perhaps that will cause me to point the
truck and trailer South....or North......or
Oh Oh. I am getting tired again just contemplating this. Hmmmmm......always
did want to ride in Montana,or Wyoming, or B.C. ....Hmmmmmmm
Pat Super


----- Original Message -----
From: <LRiedel769@aol.com>
To: <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Sent: Friday, July 07, 2000 6:58 AM
Subject: RC: trails


> In a message dated 7/6/00 11:10:39 PM, ridecamp-d-request@endurance.net
> writes:
>
> << Many people ride endurance on trails they have to do twice or there
> times simply because they love to be astride a horse. When you are
> astride a horse does it really matter what the trails look like?
>  >>
>
> Yay, Truman!! Isn't it great that distance riding offers something for
> everyone, even us dolts who don't mind riding the same trails over and
over
> and over?
>    Now, after 33,000 miles of distance riding (endurance and CTR) I'm
leaving
> tomorrow for the Kettle Classic in the Kettle Moraine Forest in Wisconsin.
> In 1969 I did my very first ride there--believe it or not it was a 2-day
100.
>  Only ride in the Midwest at that time.  Can't believe now that I finished
> it.  And I've done that ride at least once EVERY YEAR since.  Sometimes
the
> 100, sometimes the 50 and always also the 25 mile CTR on the same weekend.
> Saturday I'll do the 25 miler on my 25-year old mare (who has 7,000 total
> miles)  and Sunday will do another 25 on my gelding (4,000 miles) who is
just
> recovered from a tendon problem. And yes we will loop back to base camp
for
> the checks.  There is a definite advantage to this.  I never have a crew,
and
> don't need one when the checks are "back home."
>     It's not that I haven't done rides out of the Midwest.  Have completed
> Tevis, Big Horn,  Land between the Lakes,  Old Dominion twice and started
the
> Florida 3-day 100 competitive, and have enjoyed them thoroughly.  It
doesn't
> really matter where you ride when you're totally committed to  this
> affliction.  Louise Riedel
>
>
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