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Re: [RC] hills in Florida? - Truman Prevatt

No offense Jody, beter check your references again. Swamps are in the south end of the state. The land features of FL are very subtle. The lakes in the center drain to feed the Everglades. I didn't realize the diverse geology of FL until I moved here. They have found fossils of both Saber tooth tigers and the Mammoth in the Peace and Myakka river valley. There are more caves in FL than any state except Kentucky - many under water. There are many springs in FL that bring the under ground rivers to the surface. Many are tourist attractions, e.g. Winter Gardens, Cypress Gardens, etc. The Santa Fe River goes under ground for about 20 miles later rises from the ground in the O'Leno State Park. The first distance ride I did was the "River Rise Ride" in O'Leno. We got to ride out to see where the river 150 feet wide appeared from "nowhere." The geology of FL is actually very interesting. The climate of even the Tampa Bay area is very diverse. The Brooksville area is normally 15 to 20 degrees colder than most of the area. It has to do with the topography of the area and the physics of how cold air settles and warm air rises and the interaction of air and water. We hit 30 last night. We are maybe 35 miles from the Tampa airport which was at 55. We get normally 30 to 45 days of frost - Tampa gets maybe one or two. I've had to scrape frost off my windshield off my car in mid April. We regularly get into the upper teens here. Areas 10 miles from us are in the 30's.

Riding flat on the sand does little - especially when your horse is used to sand. My horse can gallop it all day. Put the hills with the sand and you have something. Come on down a try it - you might like it.

Truman

Jody Rogers-Buttram wrote:

Hey, I have to agree with you Jonni.....Truman's hills might in fact be fire ant hills. :)) At any rate, I think it is the SAND, that does it. I think we have hills here in North Alabama, lower part of the Smokey's and all, but in fact, those are ant hills to what a REAL hill is. Funny Truman, I am a geography major.....don't remember studying Florida when it came to landfeatures....other than swamps. ;-)
Jody
PS. Truman, are you bringing the camera to the SERA awards dance???? My Joni wants to know.

*/Truman Prevatt <tprevatt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>/* wrote:

Jonni wrote:

    >----- Original Message -----
    >From: "Truman Prevatt"> If you want to bring your horse down, I
    can show you
    >a few hills that will very quickly bring your horse to its knees
    all within
    >a few miles of my horse ;-) .<<<
    >
    >What kind of elevation change we talking here Truman? I mean,
    shoot, the
    >highest point in Florida is Snow Whites castle at Disney World.
    Well, OK, it
    >is Britton Hill at a breathtaking 345' above sea level. So, it
    really sounds
    >more like the SAND is what is tough on the horses....not the hills.
    >
    >Jonni
    >
    >
    >
    >
    >
    It's not the gross elevation change that gets the condition and
    muscle
    on them it's the elevation change in the sand. Bring your horse
    down and
    I know a hill that may be only ½ mile long and maybe only 150 feet
    elevation gain - but your horse will be on his knees following me
    to the
    top ;-) . It's not the sand alone or the hills alone, but a
    combination
    of the sand and the hills. Flat sand won't do it. Hills in turf
    won't do
    it either. Put the sand and hills together and you have something.

    I took the old mare just about every place. We did rides in CO
    where we
    climbed from 8,000 feet to 12,000 feet three time in 50 miles - I
    think
    she finished 5th. She did six 100, including the ROC in Utah. She
    was a
    great mountain horse - however she only went to mountains for
    rides. The
    reason - she trained right here at home in our sand hills.

So come one down - I have a hill for you.

Truman

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