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Yes, thank you Kim and Richard - You would make great ride managers! It was 
another beautiful day in "endurance" paradise.

Terry
"May the Horse be with you"



> From: "Don and Pam Bowen" <boright@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: So_Cal_Endurance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: "So_Cal_Endurance" 
> <So_Cal_Endurance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,"AERCMembersForum" 
> <AERCMembersForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,"Ridecamp" <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [So_Cal_Endurance] A big thank you to Kim and Richard Fuess
> Date: Sun, 15 May 2005 23:34:39 -0700
>
> Yesterday, Kim and Richard hosted a 30 mile training ride for the upcoming
> Californios 65/100 ride.  The ride was planned exceptionally well, Kim was
> trying to get us through the "dead zone" and to show the way to the 65 mile
> VC for the 100 and the finish for the 65.  This occurs after going through
> the portion of the trail that was/will be in the midday sun and popping up
> on a very long fire road.  On that fire road, riders and horses alike, fall
> asleep.  Kim promised our horses would be thankful at the ride because they
> will know where they are going, we think she is probably right as both our
> horses and ourselves "fell asleep" during that stretch.  Kim had three
> water/feed stops, more than plentiful for the distance we were going.  On
> the third stop we were surprised to find human snacks and drinks "on ice".
>
> This portion of the PCT that will be in the heat of the day is moderately
> technical and is in addition to what we saw at the recent Californios Lite.
> Willy did have a near miss, where he stepped on the steep embankment and
> slid, hitting one of the undermined boards (the boards you will see
> frequently that are holding the narrow trail up with many being somewhat
> undermined with the recent weather we have had here in SoCal).  We had
> visions of "Willy the Flying Horse, Part II" for a seemingly long moment.
> But, the trail is in remarkable condition, all considered, just try not to
> step close to the boards.
>
> After the ride we had a wonderful potluck with some really good company.  
> It
> was a very good day.  Thank you Kim, and thank you Richard, for being such
> great hosts and allowing all the trailers to clog your entire ranch passage
> way.
>
> Don and Pam
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

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