[RC] Horse Camp "Moved" & never resurfaced - Vicki Warner
Subject: Re: [RC]
Cuyamaca update, last part
Dawn wrote: Doesn't sound like anyting to get all worked up over
to me. They're saying they are just moving it (merely shifting part of it,
actually), so why not give them the benefit of the doubt???
Another outlook: The horse camp at Dead Horse State Park, AZ was
"moved" years ago (over 8 yrs). It has never re-surfaced except as a
"Group" site available to all RV'ers that can only be reserved as a GROUP site.
So, if you are lucky and can get a date, a GROUP can camp. As of the last
time I checked (couple months back), there are NO accommodations for
individual equestrian campers at this park. But the RV'ers have
ever-increasing very nice camp sites. Oh, yeah, the Group site is now
paved. Horses cannot be tied to trailers and you are supposed to carry
your tack to where the minimal existing corrals are. The last ride my
husband & I hosted out of the park, we tied horses to the outsides of the
corrals. The local saddle club, many, many years ago had built and
put in numerous sturdy pipe corrals. They had raised funds and
through various means along with matching and in-kind matching donations put in
a beautiful bathroom with showers and a dish washing station out back ($50,000
many, many years ago) and a covered pavillion, bar-b-que stands and fire
rings. A few years back while riding behind a "storage" area, some of the
corrals could be seen up-side down in a heap-where they had been "moved to" over
8 yrs ago. As of a couple months ago the "promise" to re-locate the
horsecamp has not happened.
Maybe Cuyamuca will be different! Best wishes, Vicki
