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The year was 2000 and I'm sorry if I mislead someone by my forgetfulness of 
how many water stops there were.  I remember the Rose Mine crossing one, not 
the others, but that didn't make any difference to Lud's horse.  He was 
always a poor drinker.  Lud finally gave him to a friend of a friend as a 
pleasure horse and he is still happy taking care of a bunch of teenage 
girls.  The fact that the horse refused to drink when it was obvious he 
needed it was making it very tough for Lud.  He worried a lot about the 
horse's welfare.

Barbara

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "k s swigart" <katswig@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2006 8:52 PM
Subject: [RC] Water stops


> Barbara said:
>
> > HOWEVER, Lud's horse was always a poor drinker and
> > had not drunk any water until that 35 mile vet check. It is
> > not terribly unusual for a multi-day ride to have only one
> > vet check. All the multi-day rides I've ever done had only
> > one vet check. And...I've done a few where the only vet
> > check WAS at 35 miles because there was no way to
> > access the trail anywhere else.
> > As for Lud's horse, he did not drink that day at the one water
> > stop before the vet check, ...
>
> If I remember correctly, this happened on the third day at Death Valley.
> I think it worthwhile to mention that there were FOUR water stops before
> the vet check, not just one (although, admittedly, the first one was
> only about 3 miles out of camp so few horses were likely to avail
> themselves of it).  The first was halfway down Indian Ranch Road (~3-4
> miles), the second was at Indian Ranch itself (~7-8 miles although you
> did actually have to take a short detour up into the ranch), the third
> was at the Rose Mine crossing (I'm guessing about 18/20 miles and there
> was usually hay there as well), and the fourth was where the trail
> crossed Panamint Valley Road (~26-28 miles and Alex usually has some hay
> there as well).
>
> Depending on which year you did it, there might actually be some natural
> water in some of the wash crossings before you get to Rose Mine.
>
> I mention this because I don't want anybody who hasn't done the ride to
> think that there was only one waterstop in 35 miles of trail...or that
> such rides are a common practice at multi-days.  Only one vet check is a
> common practice, but only one waterstop before a vet check at 35 miles
> is not.
>
> kat
> Orange County, Calif.
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