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Re: [RC] Setting Fire to Tents a/k/a Cut-throat Competition - Barbara McCraryWe've experienced the same things. We solved the first problem by putting up a sign advising people that the ribbons were "park-approved trail markings." We had the same situation as Joe's second example, so we, too, simply do not put up the ribbons until the first horse hits the vet check. The stretch of road that was the problem is right out of the vet check for a couple of miles and is easy to flag from a pickup. I just put one of the grandkids in the truck bed with flagging and I do the driving. Barbara ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Long" <jlong@xxxxxxxx> To: "Barbara McCrary" <bigcreekranch@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 6:36 PM Subject: Re: [RC] Setting Fire to Tents a/k/a Cut-throat Competition I was flagging a trail for one of my rides one day, and when finished was riding back along part of the trail I'd just flagged on my way back to the trailer. I came to a fork in the trail and the ribbons had already been moved, to the wrong fork! Then I came upon a couple of guys in a pickup truck, and there were some of my ribbons in the bed. I said to them, "Say, if you see anyone pulling down ribbons from the trees along here, could you ask them not to do that? I'm marking the trail for a trail ride here next weekend ... I'll take them down after the ride." They then admitted they'd been pulling ribbons down, and re-marked the fork, because they thought they were ribbons put up by rival hunters leading to a hunting spot! At the Race of Champions one year, a resident near the trail kept pulling down ribbons. When ride management talked to her about it, she indignantly told them that she paid a lot of money to live out there and wasn't going to tolerate ribbons spoiling the view. Ride management had to send someone out just ahead of the riders to re-mark the trail. -- Joe Long jlong@xxxxxxxx http://www.rnbw.com ============================================================ Just because someone tells you that your horse isn't "fit" for endurance...doesn't mean it isn't, it just means your horse isn't fit to be "their" endurance horse! Go for it, you never know what you'll accomplish with that "saddle horse" or "trail horse" of YOURS! ~ Darlene Anderson - DPD Endurance ridecamp.net information: http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/ ============================================================ ============================================================ Locks do not prevent theft, they only deter those in doubt. ~ Robert Morris ridecamp.net information: http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/ ============================================================
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