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RE: [RC] Eastern Mojave Ride Photos - Steph TeeterNice photos! And a wonderful ride. The first day we wound up through the mountains and it was stunningly beautiful. An amazing array of plants - some of the plants I recognized in one square mile section - pinon, juniper, mesquite, sagebrush, saltbush, winterfat, bitterbrush, cholla, barrel catus, prickly pear, yucca, greasewood, creosote, hopsage - plus all the grasses and smaller perennials. And very dramatic rock formations. We even had a skiff of snow at the higher elevations, and some of the higher ridges had fog banks rolling in and out of the sunshine. Plus I saw a huge coal-black burro, he was as surprised as my horse was :) I can see why this area was set aside as a National Preserve, it is very special. The second day was mostly through Joshua tree (huge!) stands, with an early stretch of rocky 2-track, followed by miles and miles of perfect footing, riding around a large granite based dome with outcrops in strange places. I learned that Joshua trees (actually a yucca) do not 'give' like the branches of ordinary trees. They will try to knock you off your horse if you play too close. I hope Dave keeps this one on the calendar, and maybe adds another day or two. Nice ride! Steph -----Original Message----- From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of DreamWeaver Sent: Monday, February 02, 2004 9:52 PM To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [RC] Eastern Mojave Ride Photos http://www.xprides.com/SRR/EMS03PHOTOS1.html There are 15 pages, if you are patient enough to go thru them all you will see some of the largest joshua trees and cholla cactus you've ever seen. Brown ears are Weaver's, grey ones are Rocky. :-) The guy in the red jacket is John Teeter and the other John is on a white Icelandic named Remington. If I get caught up I'll add commentary to the photos. That may take awhile, lol, I'm pretty behind right now. Karen in NV =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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