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This reminds me of a story from a few years ago--one rider who had an 
endurance RP on trial is a very busy owner of a construction firm.  One 
evening he went alone down to the riverbed to condition as it was 
getting dark.  Aways down the trail, he pulled out a flashlight to get 
his bearings; I think he was at one of the crossings.

We talk about "sponge rodeos" on the river, which is dunking a sponge 
upstream and having it drift downstream, "chasing" an unseasoned horse, 
who then spins and spins...(or in the case of my Rubberband, leaps and 
leaps.)

Well, he had a flashlight rodeo, and stayed on.  That was his reason 
for purchasing the saddle, he knew it would benefit the horse, but he 
was accustomed to Western.  :-)

Lynne

On Jan 27, 2004, at 10:18 PM, RunRoskoRun@xxxxxxx wrote:

> In a message dated 1/27/2004 9:26:35 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
> GoTory@xxxxxx writes:
>
>
> I found little blue light flashlights on a key chain for $2 at 
> Walgreens-
> they say they can be seen for a mile.? note- they don't LIGHT a 
> mile... but can
> be seen that far.? Gave them to riding buddies and coworkers.? They 
> are also
> great for those of us who have pre-computerized vehicle door 
> locks....? nikki
>
>
> Just a little anecdote on those bright little blue lights.
>
> When you realize that you have miscalculated your ride time and you're 
> still about a mile from the trailer and the sun has gone down and its 
> getting darker and darker; but you're not worried because in this area 
> there really isn't anything that's gonna' get you in these woods; and 
> the horse you're riding is sure footed, and he knows the way back.? 
> So, while you're just toodling along letting the horse lead the way at 
> his nice little walk and you've got your feet swinging free out of the 
> stirrups and you decide to pull that bright little blue light out of 
> your pocket and play with it to see just how bright it really is.? DO 
> NOT, I repeat, DO NOT turn it on while sitting on top of the horse in 
> the pitch blackness unless you want to know what it feels like to have 
> him jump forward, away from that suddenly very bright thing on his 
> back while you do a complete backwards somersault over his butt and 
> land on your butt in the dirt and again wonder aloud why it is that 
> you ride horses.
>
> abigail (my butt still hurts when I talk about it)??

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