And the riders seemed to all meet the challenge of what was, for us, a
cold day which included wind and rain for the 50's last loop! Careful
use of rump rugs and blankets, and long-unused rain gear on many of the
riders, but not all! Some die-hards still had sleeveless T's.
Heidi had a great group of helpers, for everything from traffic control
on the narrow mountain road, to cooking up a great meal that was served,
thankfully, indoors.
It isn't every day that ridecamp is at a facility boasting $600/month
board fees either!
It got to be sort of fun to be asked why I wasn't riding and where was
Ember, to reply that perhaps it wasn't a good choice for a first 50!
We're looking forward to riding it next year, for the 25th annual event.
We told each other so many funny stories during the lulls in P&Ring
(that's a verb, isn't it?) that my stomach muscles are still sore today.
And today it was "sports bra weather", with great footing from the
rain--I was properly appreciative.
We used to use the "@" pins Nick Warhol originated, to identify folks in
the moscow.com days. Good idea to get something going now. There were
more than one ridecamper at yesterday's ride that lurks, ahem, like
Teresa (who placed 10th), gotta get them out of the woodwork.
Ridecamper Suzy Kelley won the 50, Kris Olko rode her TB mare to 8th
place, and commented that she had a zillion people asking her about her
mare's sore sides she'd asked for help with earlier in the week! Marcia
Harmon got BC, is she a ridecamper?
Lynne
and Rem-member Me ("All cholla mapped and accounted for, let's get OUT
there!")