Gold Country

[Ann Blankenship <annb@foothill.net>]

The Gold Country 30/50 was a great ride in spite of the fact that it was a
bit damp!  I'd like to publicly thank the members of the club who went above
and beyond the call to make everyone, riders and horses alike, as comfy as
possible.  The trails were marked perfectly in spite of the fact that lots
of ribbons had been pulled (read valdalized) and club members had to go out
both the night before, and ahead of the riders! to replace ribbons.

Even Lucy C/T and I found the trail with a minimum of bumbling around in the
bushes.  No crews were allowed at the vet checks but club members plied us
with cookies, drinks, horsie snacks *hand fed* to the more finicky and
blankets freshly warm and dry from a fire especially stoked for that purpose.

Thanks again from me and Amtal, neither of whom really wanted to do the ride
in the first place but had a great time in spite of ourselves!

Ann Blankenship