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Re: [RC] Oroville ride - TypefWould you believe we thought the awards presentation was at 6:30 (that's what we were told) and we came down with our chairs and there was nobody there. We were highly disappointed. Otherwise, you BET we'd have been there! I'll second that it was a great ride, even though I didn't get to ride. When I pulled Tank out of the trailer he had ugly yellow-green snot hanging all down his face. By the time it was time to vet in, he was coughing. So obviously, I did not start. It was a bummer and sitting in the front of the pickup all day Friday in the rain made me really grumpy until my hubby and my riding buddy Liz got there at 9:00 p.m. She rode the 50 and did really well. But Sat. dawned bright and clear and I had a blast being part of the crew team. My husband and I crewed for Liz, Dave Cootware (Susan McCartney's other half) who Liz was riding with, and Abe and Sharon Kirkpatrick and their friend Katherine, whose last name I don't know. I had a blast making sure all the other people standing in the vet lines had hay and helping everyone else, too, when our riders weren't there. I was heard exponding the phrase "This is almost as much as riding and the best part is, my butt doesn't hurt!) Tank ended up being treated Sat. evening by the most wonderful Dr. Craig Brown. What a nice guy. Tank hadn't pooped all day long tied to the trailer while we were crewing and everyone was a little alarmed by that. Seems he had a temperature and his system chose to fight that instead of process food. A shot of Banamine and two shots of penicillin and he started to look like his real self. He went 19 hours before he pooped. His temperature was up again the next morning so another shot of Banamine. Hopefully, nobody else at Lake Oroville gets what Tank has. I did not let him drink out of any of the water tanks and had my own water with me. However, the people next to me had a sick one with the same kind of cough. I'm hoping Liz will write a story and submit it. She just has such a wonderful time. It was her first 50 on her own horse and she was riding with an old friend. If I thought she was "happy, happy, happy" at Quicksilver, she was on Cloud 9 at Lake Oroville! :) Jackie and Tank ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Johnson" <scottj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 7:52 PM Subject: [RC] Oroville ride Zowie! You all have been busy this weekend! I just wanted to throw in a quick blurb about the Lake Oroville ride here in the west. I did not ride but crewed for my fellow team members (That's Team Slow Poke). Kathy runs a well organized event and has lots of great volunteers helping out. As has been the case since I've been attending, the lunch vet check has volunteers making sandwiches to order, plus other tasty snacks and drinks. A local doctor, who is an avid cyclist, donated all the food and recruits people to help out. HOW COOL IS THAT?!?!?! The location of this vet check is also great- it's at a horse camp that has water spigots, corrals, hitching posts, FLUSH toilets, showers (not sure too many people actually used the showers), and of course they provide lots of hay and carrots. It's really a nice spot. The weather cooperated too. Up until about a week ago, it has been pretty darn hot here in CA. A cold front finally moved in and the trails got some rain Friday and it cooled down considerably. Made for great riding conditions. I heard one of the vets comment that the horses were looking so great and the cool weather was a big help. There was a delicious meal Saturday afternoon/evening and awards. Here's the bummer (in my opinion). There were 128 riders and I counted about 30 people (and not all were riders) at the awards. Now granted, they handed out awards after riders finished (and pulsed down for the LD's), but STILL! They had other awards, like best costume, longest drive, an award for any local riders, juniors, etc. There was a table of things they had to give away and were hard pressed to find people to give it to. Anyway, thanks again Kathy for putting on this Limited Distance/Endurance ride/race (whatever floats your boat) :) Dede Team Slow Poke (Hope to ride it next year!) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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