Why so few LDs in NE region????

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Amy Tetervin kninformation@yahoo.com
Hi- As a near-beginner at endurance riding, I'm particularly interested in
LD rides since my horse
and I are not ready either physically or mentally  to go for a 50 right
off the bat.  Looking
at the calendar in Endurance News, there are so few LD rides in the NE and
almost as few in the
SE region, that I wonder how anyone can become an endurance rider in this
part of the country.
Does anyone have any information on why this is so and what, if anything,
can be done to encourage
more LD rides? Thanks- Amy (disappointed in Virginia)