Ridecamp: [RC] tevis dreams/ inspiration

Hi there
I know conversation and subjects on ride camp are getting a little worn out.
But one thing I don't see much of is inspiration and where most of you get 
that urge to go on. I always wonder what is on the mind of the diehards that 
spend 12 hours or more in the saddle at 100 milers and such.

I have that Christopher Columbus bug. Its why I can stare at the weather 
channel for 2 hours, or my love of globes and maps.
its gazing at the road atlases at the check out in CVS, or reading every 
travel book at the library.

I told my husband that I want to do tevis someday; took some explaining about 
why I need to drive 3400 miles across 11 states, and 3 time zones to ride 
"Some trail,"
but its a dream that has been eating at my mind for many years.
 I don't know where I first heard of tevis, I think it was in a book.

but this dream could easily be a reality in the near future.
i suddenly find my self with the ability to get there, and a horse that could 
likely face the challenge.
maybe because I'm getting older, i want a nice pick up as a dream vehicle, 
that sports car now seems like a useless waste of money. (i could get 2 
trucks for that price!)
i am also now old enough to pack up and go anywhere I want!

 I got introduced to riding when I was 7. I went on a hack line with my Mom.
they put me on the oldest, deadest horse in the barn..... it ran away with 
me. It was fate. I loved it. I was taking lessons the following weekend.

I started showing locally the next year. The hot summer sun, the wool jackets 
and hot rubber boots, and you know after 20 years of that crap I was happy to 
ride in the woods in a tank top.
 its the love of horses and the woods. the smell of  the horse, the bonding 
and mind reading that grows from the partnership. i was naturally attracted 
to trail riding.
blazing trails, packing a lunch and not coming back till after dark. I want 
to find and see it all on my little maps.

is tevis the worlds toughest 100 miler? Is old dominion the toughest 50 miler?
 so where do these dreams get me? I cant wait for spring so the new season 
can start.
cant wait for the rest of my life to start.

                                                                    RENE

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