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Don't forget to check to see what the weather may be bringing...you may not be able to sleep very well the nite before a ride, but it sure seems like a lot longer nite when you are freezing your tush off! And make sure you  have a good blanket for your horse if he has shedded out already.

Just did the Save Our Trails ride this month, and a young newby was with us. I asked her the first nite there what she had brought to bed down in, as she was sleeping in the back of a horse trailer. She told me her sleeping bag was rated to 40 degrees. I asked if that was -40, and she said no, just 40.  Now mind you, when we left to head to the ride, we were in a snow storm.  Needless to say, she got very cold that nite, even with the extra blankets we could muster up for her.  She did have enough blankets for her horse tho'.

 

Lori B.

I have living quarters with a heater  :) 

Rae Callaway <tallcarabians@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> You know, I did this, but since I got the new trailer, which I couldn't park
> at the house, I've gone to more rides and been missing things that I never
> thought to pack because it was always in the trailer!
>
> Rae
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of heidi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2006 4:58 PM
> To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [RC] what do you take to a ride?
>
> Rather than respond with a personal list, I'll add my packing method.
>
> We have a heavy-duty rectangular plastic clothes basket that contains
> every grooming item, spare anything we might want, etc. that gets
> packed at the beginning of the year and then just stays in the trailer
> and gets "maintained" as
>  needed.
>
> We also have a set of blankets, etc. that "lives" in the trailer all
> season--if an item doesn't get used at a specific ride, it stays there,
> and if it does, it comes in and gets laundered and taken right back out.
>
> Likewise, dishes/silverware.
>
> Likewise, water buckets and feed tubs.
>
> Any flashlights, lanterns, head lamps, etc. likewise stay in the
> trailer, along with spare batteries.
>
> Lawn chairs also stay in the trailer.
>
> Our non-hay feed items each go in a bucket with a plastic lid (for us,
> that's only beet pulp and equine senior), so we can just refill the
> buckets for each trip.
>
> So that means that all we have to do is make sure our own food, clothes,
> and personal necessities are packed, tack for each horse and rider going
> are packed, hay is thrown in, and the horses are loaded.
>
> Heidi
>
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