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FW: [RC] GSFTR - Mike SherrellA memory to treasure. Regards, Mike Sherrell Grizzly Analytical 707 887 2919; fax 707 887 9834 www.grizzlyanalytical.com -----Original Message----- From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Barbara McCrary Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 11:40 AM To: mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [RC] GSFTR In 1975, Lud, I, and our then 15-year-old daughter Janet did a multi-day ride of our own in Lassen and Modoc Counties (CA). We had a two-horse trailer and two horses. Janet could drive but didn't have a license, so she was limited to driving in the "outback" off the main highways. We did some riding on dirt roads, some on shoulders of paved roads and some on crude desert roads. We rode all morning, stopped for lunch and to feed and water the horses. Then we rode after lunch until late afternoon, when we stopped and set up camp wherever we could. We kept hay in front of the horses all night. We adults alternated half-day driving, half-day riding, with Janet riding both segments each day. It was our experience that the horses did fine, day after day, at about 37 miles per day average. We rode at about a 7 mph pace quite consistently. In 8-1/2 days, we covered 310 miles. It was an adventure of a lifetime, never to be repeated because of the increased traffic on Hwy. 395 and the paving over of many of the roads in Forest Service land. Barbara ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Sherrell" <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <Ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 11:25 AM Subject: FW: [RC] GSFTR How many horses started this ride and how many made it through all 10 days? (Leavened with 3 days of recuperation, I think it was.) I'm thinking that if you wanted to ride a decent, healthy, fit horse a long ways, hundreds of miles, that the reasonable daily distance on flat, rolling, and occasionally mountainous terrain would be more like 25-30 miles. Like say between the missions at San Francisco and San Diego. 50 miles doesn't seem do-able unless with an exceptional horse. Regards, Mike Sherrell =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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