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[RC] Cincuenta de Anos Ride - Long - GarnerT

I've been finishing up the last week of school (hurrah), so I haven't been
on Ride Camp very much, but I am a little surprised by the lack of comments
about John's ride.  I can't decide if it's a bad thing, or as Martha Stewart
would say, "A good thing."

The ride was fantastic.  The 50 milers took off at 5:30.  I was riding with
a friend who had a young horse, so we were at the back of the pack.  I even
was behind Trilby and John some of the time!  We had a great time.  The vet
checks had outstanding food for us, all our gear had been trailered out for
us, and there were lots of vets, P & R people, horse holding people,
port-a-pots, etc.  The ride was very pretty - some rolling hills, one steep
hill, lots of oak trees, a creek we crossed a zillion times, and a lot of
stock tanks on the 2nd loop in particular.

We had a very interesting history on the ranch given to us Friday night &
some insight on all the critters we might see:  deer, mountain lion, bobcat,
wild turkeys, snakes, etc.  The only one that caught my attention was the
black bear in the stock tank.  I can tell you I was cautious approaching the
stock tanks!  However, the only things I saw were some HUGE carp in the
river, a jack rabbit that just kept running on the trail in front of us, a
blue bird, and several Baltimore Orioles!

The dinner Saturday night was really good, not too spicy for me!  We had
Cajun food, with pork to go along with it.  For desert, bread pudding with
raisins, walnuts, and rum sauce!

The band that played that evening was fantastic.  The Soul City Survivors...
they were great.  We danced and sang with them (I'm now an honorary
Survivorette!) and had a great time.  John even had a dance floor brought in
for his birthday celebration.  All the children at the ride had been given
Mardi Gras beads by the band and they were so cute.  One little girl
insisted on sharing her beads with us and I still have them.  The flowered
shirts were great, when my logo starts to fade, I'm going to have it sewn
back on!

Thanks for a great ride, John.

Kathy Garner



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