Re: RC: Manure management at rides

[Mickie Newnam <akela@peoplepc.com>]

Deb,
Was there really this much problem this year?  I didn't realize that.
Usually people there clean up very well.  I think with the dumpsters you
won't have a big problem.  the problem this June was the fact that
putting the manure in the truck was a physical impossibility for short
people!  no excuse, really; people should ask for help since we're a
friendly bunch.  but when I co-managed the ride there this Fall, using
the dumpsters, there was virtually no extra clean-up.  Just a few piles
here and there where horses had been ridden and no one was camped near.
But as I said before, I wouldn't object to a deposit, as long as there
is someone availible to check when people were ready to leave.
And anyone who gets a chance to do this ride, even if you have a bit of
a drive it's worth it; great trails!
Mickie

DAldr94141@aol.com wrote:

> Hi all.
> A friend of mine suggested that riders be required to pay a $10.00 fee
> when
> checking in. When they are ready to leave, they go to the ride manager
> or
> whoever they put in charge to check it out and they get their money
> back if
> their campsite is clean such as manure, trash and hay picked up. What
> does
> everyone think? Would you keep your campsite cleaner or would you pay
> the
> $10.00 and leave it messy? I'm interested in knowing because I'm
> planning a
> ride here in Peninsula, Ohio on June 15th, 16th and 17th called the
> Celebration Ride. We changed the date from the week before that. It's
> AHAO
> sanctioned and we'll have a 25 mile CTR on Sat, a 25 mile CTR elevator
> on
> Sun. and a 15 mile novice CTR on Sun. It's run by the Ohio Horsemen's
> Council. This ride has been going on for years. I've never done
> anything like
> this before so we are getting our feet wet in 2001 and if all goes
> well, we
> may think about putting some endurance in it th! ! e year after. Maybe
> a two day
> 100. Who knows. But I'm interested in the question of paying a $10.00
> fee and
> getting it back if you clean up because last year at this ride, people
> were
> told to clean up but they didn't. Ride management spent quite a few
> hours
> cleaning up after people because we'd lose the field from the parks if
> it
> wasn't. Deb