RE: [RC] what's in your saddle bags? - RHONDA LEVINSON
My local Wal-mart has travel size packets of duct tape. I also have a small roll of electrical tape in there. I also have an extra lead rope (really light).
On my pommel I attach several dog collars. You can clip stuff to them and I have used them on several occasions for tack repair (my own and others).
Rhonda
Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 21:17:39 -0700 From: 6mules@xxxxxxxxx To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [RC] what's in your saddle bags?
Since things are kind of slow here, I wonder what ya'll find you just can't live without while riding.
Me, well, I was never a boyscout, but I should've been. I tend to carry everything, including a 'kitchen sink'.
Here's my list: mini 1st aid kit--the band aids are used most
chap stick bandana--use as a bandage, blow nose, use as a sponge if the real one falls off or didn't get put on.....
vetwrap
old dish towel--same uses as the bandana, but I've also used one folded up & vetrapped on to replace a lost shoe. The horse was lame after losing the shoe & too much hoof, but was comfortable enough to ride out
of the backcounrty with his 'slipper' on.
super glue (the little single use 4 pack)
zip ties--for fixing tack
swiss army knife
hoof pick
collapsible water dish
snacks
water
compass
lighter/matches
one of those little emergency blankets
That's all I can remember without going down to the tack area & checking. Sounds like a lot, but it actually packs well.
