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[RC] Tidbits from Trace - rides2farApparently Columbia TN is a blank area in cell coverage but Jody kept calling people she knew were at the ride until she finally got our farrier Guy Buck on his way home. Her home computer's fried so I'm relaying what she told me that he told her through a spotty connection...you know how accuracy decreases each time it changes hands so consider this better than nothing but nowhere near reliable... He said yes the tractor did pull every rig in and every rig out. Today was a miserable, windy, damp, sucky day. Every horse was completely covered in mud. They had a total of 60 riders, only 3 or 4 pulls. Bud Davidson was first to finish but was pulled for lameness at the finish. Marie Threadgill and Jackson finished. That's all we got from him. Josie and I took Friday off school, I kept loading the trailer though the forecast was horrible. Couldn't decide whether it would be better to haul up in rain, get towed into the field *before* their 6 hours of torrential rain & strong thundershowers, which would change over to just "rain" for another 5 hours (after a day or so of rain with a flood watch out), or stay home till the worst was over (just a 3 hour haul) then get up there just before dark. I was already iffy Thursday so Jody called me hourly to say I was a WEINY if I backed out. Meanwhile I'm sweating bullets because this is 7's first anything ride and we're planning 50. Then Jody's daughter's horse "Booger" got the SNOT kicked out of him (pardon the pun) knocking them out.(Did I mention that I told her not to put him in with the new horse and she assured me it would be fine and I was TOTALLY RIGHT?) I kept my options open till 2 PM, still trying to decide what to do, all loaded up and ready just needed to put in the horses, then they put out tornado watches everywhere down here, wind advisories for large trailers, expected 45 mph gusts, etc. That did it we called it off. Of course I've second guessed myself the whole weekend. Wanted them all to do well but also wanted news that I'd made the right call so I guess this description was a pretty good middle ground. I'm sure glad the ones who braved it mostly got their completions. Jody and I were imagining today when no word was coming out that they may have all been swept away...and we'd have to just figure out who wasn't showing up at rides and go put white crosses up where that camp had been. Sounded like a lot of work. I'm glad they're fine. Angie =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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