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I'm sure Karen will reply when she gets home from the 2 day ride she's 
at this weekend.
Laney
another follower of the Lost Duck

David LeBlanc wrote:
> I was considering going to the Death Valley ride, and wrote to ask about 
> some things I had a question about. Karen replied, and oddly enough, 
> discouraged me from coming. I’ve never had a RM do this before, and it 
> was apparently because she thought I required something these rides 
> won’t provide. I’m not really sure just what this might be – there’s 
> lots of things I like, but most of them aren’t required - and asked 
> about it, but haven’t seen a reply just yet.
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> I went to the web site, and found this –
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> “I hope that ride managers, offering rides with more structure and 
> amenities will continue to prosper and conduct even more rides, so that 
> everyone will have an opportunity to seek a venue they wish to play in. 
> Our rides are not for everyone, nor are they meant to be. They operate 
> under the direction of our family, whose style and opinions are well 
> known. Distance riding is a many faceted sport, and the variety of 
> venues shows strength, not a weakness. We welcome you to give our corner 
> of the sport a try.”
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> I’ve been to rides where there were lots of nice amenities – showers, 
> dinner every night, running water, and so on, but none of these are 
> requirements. All I really require is a reasonably well marked trail, 
> and water for the horses along the way. Basically, if I know what to 
> expect, I can generally manage. Many of the rides I go to don’t have 
> much to anything I’d consider an amenity – just a place to park, horse 
> water in camp, a good trail to ride, and vets. As I’ve stated here 
> before, I strongly prefer a treatment vet be present – I rarely need 
> one, but the rides where no one has needed one have been the exception.
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> Since Karen’s apparently too busy to reply, I’m sure plenty of you have 
> been to Duck rides, and can hopefully explain just what the difference 
> is. I’ve read the bit about how you’re expected to take care of your own 
> horse, and that’s something I agree with – so what else is there? Some 
> of these rides are in some pretty cool places, and now that I’m starting 
> to get some vacation accumulated, travelling out of the NW may well be 
> an option next year.
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