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On Wednesday, we marked the five-six miles of canyon on the trail. This is my favorite section of the trail and I try to mark it for ride management every year. While the ride expected to have fewer folks than last year when Tevis had to cancel, it is horrible that only six people entered the 100 miler (12 in the 50 miler and three in the 25). Anyhow, the trail was gorgeous. The supper Friday night was wonderful: pulled pork with all the fixings, plus HOME MADE PIES! Sunday morning we had freshl… Continue

It snowed about 4 inches of wet, heavy snow last night and this morning. Last Saturday it was in the 80s and I thought I was having a heat stroke! Luckily, it finally warmed up to the low 40s this late this afternoon and the snow is, mostly, melted. I've been thinking of the Ft. Howe endurance riders all day cause they were out riding in this. However, from the photos Merri has up on ridecamp, it looks like they didn't get as much snow as we did. Still, you know they are cold and wet. Cindy

For those of you who won’t read this whole story, just let me say that if you have a chance to ride the Longstreet’s Charge 50 miler in the southeast region, you should do it. It’s a “real” endurance ride with challenging, beautiful, extremely well-marked trails, the best awards I’ve seen in years, friendly vets and a warm, hardworking ride management staff.

A little background…Angie, Jody and I have been emailing and sharing our thoughts on ridecamp for years now. However, we’d never met in pe… Continue

We had a wonderful ride today! The beautiful full moon was rising over the mountains to the east. It was about 39 degrees with a light wind. My friend, Sara, rode another friend's mare, Boo (Morab) since Jack is coughing. We took off close to 2 PM and made a big circle out on the BLM. Did some great "cow work" with Amara. She will now move the bulls without terror and, in fact, kind of likes it. Overall, was amazing to ride out… Continue