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Re: [RC] Riding amoungst wildlife - Chris PausGood one Julie. When I lived in Wisconsin, we had to deal with porkies a lot. In Kansas, we don't have them... One of my favorite horse and critter experiences was on my first distance ride... a baby CTR of 15 miles (looking back, I thought I rode a 100 mileer that day, LOL) Anyway, Star and I had to climb what looked from a distance, like a grassy hill. When you got closer, it was a grass covered cliff! A bunch of us sat at the bottom wondering how we were going to get up that thing on horseback. Well, Star took charge, and charged up that. I just grabbed mane, closed eyes and hung on for dear life. When we got to the top, we both were so exhilirated at the feat and full of ourselves, we galloped across the top of the bluff. This was in the Flint Hills... if anyone went to the ROC in Kansas, then you know the kind of terrain I'm talking about. As we were galloping along, I realized there was a critter in front of us, Star was going to fast to slow him down, we became airborne and STar jumped over the critter. As we were in the air, I looked down and realized we were leaping over a SKUNK! We were moving too fast to get sprayed, but I hollered back to the other riders. NObody got sprayed that day, but it was the first and I hope last time I'll ever leap a skunk on horseback! chris --- Julie Fuller <natira121@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Okay, I've got a story to tell, since no one has come up with a story about this particular critter: Several years ago, on a training ride with kids and friends, we were galloping up a LONG hill (about 2 miles) which was part of our 15 mile loop. As usual, I ended up in the lead, and coming arund a curve, ran right over a young porcupine! He rolled over and over as I stopped, then he trundled off into the brush. I got off my horse, and threw rocks into the brush behind him, trying to get him to come back into sight, my son caught up, stopped and asked me what I was doing. I told him what was up, and he looked at me in total shock, saying "Mom! Are you nuts!" and promptly hid behind me! *grin* The porcupine made his appearance, and we got a good look at the cute little bugger before he trundled off again. He didn't come back out when the other riders caught up. Julie Washougal, WA =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ===== "A good horse makes short miles," George Eliot Chris and Star BayRab Acres http://pages.prodigy.net/paus =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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