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RE: [RC] re: Folsom Lake accident - Rae CallawayI've got to agree with that. A group of us got caught on the Sam Houston Forest dirt bike trails when there was a race going on and were racing to get off the their trails (had a couple miles to go to an intersection). They came at us in groups of 8 and we would leap off the trail when we heard them. Had to wave on quite a few groups that would slow down when they saw us since it was our mistake, their trails and a competition! Turned out to be great training for my then 3 year old gelding. He learned to leap off the trail when a dirt bike came up behind us and would then charge after them when they passed. It became quite a game for him. He's 10 now and has no fear of dirt bikes at all (unlike his dam, who is fearless with everything but dirt bikes are EVIL!) Rae -----Original Message----- From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Cindy Collins Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 4:32 PM To: Ridecamp Ridecamp Subject: [RC] re: Folsom Lake accident What a horrible, tragic, unnecessary accident! I am so sad. However, I do want to state to ride camp that the vast majority of motorcyclists are NOT like this. Most that I know, slow down or even stop or cut their motor when they come up on horses. So much of it is education, like everything in life. One proactive thing horse people can do is ask to speak at off road motorcycle club meetings about how motorcyclists should interact with animals on trails. This is an opportunity to do good PR. There are "bad apples" in every sport, including ours. Anyhow, just remember that all hunters aren't fat, bumbling, drunkards and all southern women don't have big hair and a low IQ (hi, Angie and Jody:) and all off-road motorcyclists are not jerks. Cindy =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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