Re: RC: Fwd: RC: Riding Solo

[CMKSAGEHIL@aol.com]

In a message dated 12/20/99 8:33:06 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
rides2far@juno.com writes:

<< Aww come on, help me out here, I'm dead serious.  I understand there's a
 major difference in how vet checks are run in the west....that management
 tends to put out all sorts of water, bran and hay which everyone
 shares....am I right? >>

Yep--good old Western hospitality and all that....  I think it really got 
started because so many out here did NOT have crews, and it is easier to take 
a few bales to the vet check than to take 100 crew bags each large enough to 
contain a flake of hay.  As to water--natural water is non-existent at many 
of our rides, so we have to haul water to EVERY water stop along the trail as 
well as to the vet checks.  There are a few with fancy rigs set up for 
multi-days, etc., but they are in the minority--and it is easier for us to 
simply haul the water in bulk to the checks than to devise a system for 
individuals to carry it out in jugs, etc.  It goes farther that way, too--a 
big factor when you are having to haul several thousand gallons...

Heidi


=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net.    
Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/RideCamp   
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=