RE: Home on the Range

["Steph Teeter" <step@fsr.com>]

This was a terrific ride! I don't have the results, but will try to post some

of them later this week. 70+ started the 50 miler, 61 finished. Around

60 started the 25 miler, and 50 or so finished. The trail was beautiful

and fast! It was quite cool and cloudy (even a few snow flakes when

we started). The winning time on the 50 (Dori Jackson) was 3:40 - pretty

amazing. The trail was mostly 2-track sand/dirt jeep roads and sand/dirt

cow trails - excellent footing, no major climbs. We rode around several

lakes - ducks, geese, herons, raptors, mule deer, sand hill

cranes. This was a new ride, managed by Sarah Metcalf, and we

all hope she'll do it again!  For the central Washington sagebrush

desert, this ride was exceptionally scenic. Almost no rock, and

never boring. We shared some of the course with campers and

fishers - one group un-knowingly camped right where we came

off of one trail, and started down another. The ribboned post

was in the middle of their camp. They seemed to cope ok though,

and as the day progressed began sharing their supply of holiday

'spirit' with the riders!  I think everybody had a great time - this

really was a wonderful ride.

 

Steph

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Suzanne Griffin Barnes [mailto:enduroqn@willapabay.org]
Sent: Sunday, April 04, 1999 9:09 AM
To: ridecamp@endurance.net
Subject: RC: Home on the Range

Did anyone go to this ride?   How was it?  Weather?  Great new ride?

Thanks,

susie (dying to get out there!)