The issue of David's LD ride being
entirely flat across the desert reminds me of a day on Applegate-Lassen ride
when a rider came into the vet check halfway through and said,
"BORRRING!" Yes, the day's trail (actually a road) was flat all the
way, but I believe boring is in the mind. I've ridden that stretch of
trail (road) about 10 times and I've never found it boring. How can
anything be boring with all that scenery around? I just put my horse on
auto-pilot and trot along looking at mountains, gulches, vegetation, looking
for animals, thinking about the pioneers who endured such terrible hardships
on that trail. Never boring! And the area around Ballarat on DVE
is highly variable, even on the flat stretches. It's all in a person's
perspective, isn't it?
Barbara
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2002 10:59
PM
Subject: RC: Death Valley Rant
<<Nick, knock off fluffing our pillows and yank your
head out of the sand.
You can save the chocolate kisses for somebody
else. #1, impeccable
weather? how about cold and overcast the entire
time we were there, didn't
miss my sunblock at all.
#2, and most
importantly: my 25 on the second day was pretty much what I'd
call an
airport ride circumnavigating a dried up piece of lake bed, pretty
much
a yawner no matter what the weather.>>
This seems
a little bit uncalled for. Even if your rant about people cutting
trail and missing vet checks IS true, why does Nick have to pull his head
out of a pillow and quit eating chocolate kisses (or whatever)? He had a
great ride on a great horse! If you have a problem with the ride, file
a formal protest. Basically put up or shut up!
Also, if you want
scenery, ride the
50.
Sylvia