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[RC] Happy Thanksgiving - rides2farHappy Thanksgiving everyone. Just wanted to thank everyone who makes life better.... I am thankful for people who not only wait for you at the water, but make *sure* their horses don't take a single step forward while your horse drinks. I'm thankful for ride managers who go the extra mile and put out plenty of water on the trail. I am thankful for people who keep their dog on leash and leave their compulsive barkers at home. I am thankful for people who offer to loan you anything they have in their pack from easyboots to rawhide strips when you have a problem on the trail. I am thankful for people who take on a junior when a sponsor has problems. I am thankful for people who encourage you to let your horse take a bite of their hay as you drag him past. I'm thankful for people who yell at you if they see you miss a turn...and if you don't hear them chase you down. I am thankful for ride managers who give discounts. I am thankful for good vets who give up so many of their weekends making sure we have a good vet on hand. I am thankful for farriers who come to rides and sit all day just to make sure nobody has to pull for lack of a shoe. I am thankful for ride managers who order plenty of porto-johns and spread them out all over camp so poor poeple without their own campers don't wander around through a maze of electric corrals hunting for them. I am thankful for people who actually have electricity on their corrals and make sure their horses are secure. I am thankful for people who offer to hold a stranger's horse when they see you have no crew. I am thankful for private land owners who despite world wide paranoia about lawsuits allow rides to cross their land. I am thankful for a good hay man. I am thankful for my good farrier. I am thankful for a great husband who camps, sponges, haul water and cooks (but only at rides). I am thankful for kids who like to walk your horse for you after a ride. I am thankful for quality hospitals within driving distance of rides and emergency room personel who are free with pain pills and morphine. I am thankful for a truck that gets me there. I am thankful for my health that's hanging in there so I can go to rides. I am thankful for my parents' health that's hanging in there so I can go to rides. I am thankful for my horse who has done his best to make me tough. I am thankful for all my endurance friends, both real world and cyber. You guys are the only normal people I've ever met. Angie ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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