Posted 2007-11-09 8:43 AM (#70755) Subject: Trail Ride
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Well, It's that time of the year again. Trail ride season. I am going to a trail ride in La Grange, Tx this weekend to scout for the ride. This weekend will be another reason put in the stack of "Why I need to UPGRADE to a 14' LQ". My little Exiss 300 w/ toilet and cowboy shower is starting to get really small for my wife and I and 2 kids. Luckly the In-Law's are the best a person can have. They let the grandkids bunk with them since they have a motor home and a 2 horse bumper pull. If any of ya'll are up that way and looking to ride we usually pull out around 9 and come back in around 5. Saturday is a 14 mile ride and Sunday is usually about a 4 to 8 mile ride depending on how long the remaining riders want to ride. They serve dinner with your ride fee of $35 for adults and kids 12 -15 for $15 kids ages less than 12 are free. see link for more details and directions. I'm John and will be scouting off of a Line Back Dunn. Hope to see some of ya'll there because it is always a blast! http://www.texastrailriding.com/info.asp?StNum=45&Order1=11&... 50 52 54
Posted 2007-11-09 10:16 AM (#70764 - in reply to #70755) Subject: RE: Trail Ride
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I can understand completely the difficulty of suppressing the smartypants syndrome. It’s just here in Texas May to about Sept/Oct it’s almost too blasted hot doing any long trial riding. Throw some snow for me jdzaharia. Wish sometimes we could get that snow.
Posted 2007-11-09 7:38 PM (#70808 - in reply to #70764) Subject: RE: Trail Ride
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Same here in Arkansas.Trail riding season: from March through May if you're lucky,then,from Sept.through mid Nov.Summertime forget it unless you are training for endurance rides.
Posted 2007-11-10 1:49 PM (#70843 - in reply to #70821) Subject: RE: Trail Ride
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That's great for here in the desert, but down in Tx there isn't much elevation change and what few "hills" there are are so darn humid it doesn't make much of a difference. When I lived down there you either got up REALLY early to ride or waited until about Nov to ride. Then you had to quit by about April. May to Oct is just to HOT and humid. My last summer there was 110+ every day with the "can I please just die" humidity factor.
Posted 2007-11-10 6:29 PM (#70866 - in reply to #70843) Subject: RE: Trail Ride
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While you are out enjoying Texas Winters, ( and I seem to remember some pretty cold temps when I was stationed at Witcha Falls one winter) We get to enjoy winter wonderland.
At least my horses think it's pretty cool. Especially right after a ride.
And we've been in the wrong place a few times.
Soaking wet, high in the wilderness. A labor day ride that turned into How much can I tolerate before I pack up and go home.
Not cold enough to stay frozen. Wet and dripping everywhere.
Posted 2007-11-11 11:30 AM (#70887 - in reply to #70879) Subject: RE: Trail Ride
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Where I'm from a good roll after a ride just makes a mud saddle. Then its bath time.
My horses would be scared to see that much snow. You should have seen them last winter when we got 2 inches here. They wouldn't come out from under the shed roof (don't have an actual barn yet) to get their feed. It was the first time my S. Texas youngsters had ever seen snow. My old girl didn't like it much but she'd at least seen it before a loooong time ago.
Posted 2007-11-12 7:45 AM (#70931 - in reply to #70755) Subject: RE: Trail Ride
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Well the ride was great. Whether was hot. I had to pull to the side and let my horse walk several times because he was so sweated up. 15 wagons and about 250 - 300 riders and wound up only being myself and my brother-in-law scouting. When we did finally make it back into camp I unsaddled, sprayed my horse of and gave him some electrolites and I took a shower and crashed on a lawn chair for about two hours until everybody was away from the water tanks and then watered, feed, hayed and I was out until feeding time the next morning. It was the most work I have ever had to do on that ride. Usually there is only about 4 wagons and 75 - 100 riders. They were having a memorial service for the man that put the rides on every year. He past away this summer.
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