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Here... this is where I ride.

http://www.cerrilloshills.org/

The entrances to this park are less than a mile from my house so I 
just ride off my property.   However, there is a lot more development 
in the area.   We should be able to keep access to the park open though.
The lady 2nd from the left is our neighbor Claire Fulenwider.   She was 
and is very instrumental in the creation and expansion of this park. 
Fortunately, they had started on this idea before we bought our house 
and property (10 acres of beautiful rocky arroyos)

It took HUGE sacrifice to make the move from the Silicon Valley in CA 
(with "affordable" board approaching $400 / mo per horse) to Santa Fe,
NM.   3.5 years later it is totally worth it, but we are still on the edge 
financially.   I have my horses on my own property, and I have a good job, 
but I am still working a 2nd job to help make ends meet.   I don't have a 
horse trailer right now, but I am hoping to afford a $2-3K used bumper
pull later this year (maybe... if the 2nd job holds out).   I already have my 
truck, but if I hadn't bought it before we left CA, I wouldn't have ever 
bought it... maybe I'd have a used one... probably not.    We damn near 
lost everything making this move (and we still might), but the changes 
were made so that we could have the quality of life.   And we wake up 
and walk outside and say "Damn, we love it here".

I've done on average 1 or 2 rides a year since we moved, but I'm really 
hoping to make 4 or more this year!!   (I say that every year...)

Of course we could get squashed by a drunk driver any day... there are 
drawbacks to NM.   But in CA we about got slammed by another driver 
every darn day... so I guess it's a trade off.

Kathy Myers 
in Santa Fe, NM
"Come ride the Caja del Rio on May 29th in Santa Fe!"