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Amanda, today you wrote:
"Call them clinics, don't give awards, don't points, don't
miles, don't serve meals etc, I don't care, but give me more opportunities,
closer to home, to do training rides! I'll bet more people would 'catch
the bug' if LD rides were available more places, more often, and overall
enroillment in Endurance would INCREASE (and the longer rides would have fewer
of the ignorant idiots on untrained horses that every one here loves to
hate!)."
But, after your first ever visit to
a ridecamp (at the Doncaster Renegade) in September of this year, you
wrote:
"Seeing experienced riders with fit horses get into
trouble really made me reconsider getting into endurance, especially with my
walker. I think I stick to volunteering: hanging ribbons seems to be about
my speed, and really I just want to party at the ride camps ;-)"
So, why do you care whether or not there's
are LD's close to you? You could have done an ECTRA CTR at Doncaster,
and that's practically in your back yard -- maybe a one hour drive?
If you're willing to drive a little bit farther, and you think you and your
horse are up to it, the OD sometimes sponsors spring training rides in
the mountains.
So, are you ready to ride and not just party,
or at least volunteer with ride management at some rides? Even
if you're not willing to spend long hours working and waiting in any
kind of weather, you could at least hang some of those ribbons. Choose a
ride off the calendar and contact the RM. Just do *something* besides
whine.
Cindy
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