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That's true, but I'd figure that I'd give you all a head's up so that you can finish frying whatever fat you have to fry before the weather turns decent and you actually have to ride. <G>

As for -20 weather...I lived in Ontario, Canada before I moved here...Waterloo and then Toronto...so I do know what you mean.  My husband's business trips to Egypt always started around October and ended about May until I told him that I had shoveled enough snow and was coming to Egypt with the kids.  Why do you think I live here?  

Just to further piss everyone off, its about upper 60's daytime and lower 50's at night these days, brilliant sunshine. We were supposed to be having an LD ride here on Friday morning with a catered brunch on a groomed lawn at an Arab stud farm at the edge of the desert. I usually am a vet check Nazi at these things to help train people on how to get their horses ready, but this time I'd planned to take a couple of my horses and ride with a 14 yr old junior who rides with her mother and I twice a week.  Pauline is Belgian and wants to see what endurance is about.  (My horses have to earn their keep working as a high class hack string, poor babies. But it keeps them in carrots and I always go out with them to maintain order)  Unfortunately, our host's father in law just died and the ride was cancelled, so I think I'll try to get some neighbours to pack lunches  and ride with me to the lake at Dahshur. We go past all the pyramids, the sarcophagus where you turn right to cross the railway tracks and maybe back through the countryside.  Some of the horses have shoes, some don't. Whatever works.  

Eat your hearts out.  

Maryanne

On Feb 3, 2005, at 8:52 AM, Chrystal@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> It is only Feb 03!!!:-) There is a whole month to go! Don't get impatient!:-) And ?don't forget electrolytes. :-) 
> Maryanne, you are in Egypt right?? You ?don't understand -20 weather, snow/ice, sloshing to the barn in a metre of snow :-( really you should come out and try it- and THEN get on ridecamp ( ha, ha ?I am kidding DON"T give up sand and sun for our weather ?). :-) ;-) ;-)however ? I would trade places with you!:-) ;-) 
> It will all get better in 6 weeks. :-) 
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