Re: RC: Can you say tent? (Was: Slide in Camper or Gooseneck)

[Dbeverly4@aol.com]

In a message dated 1/6/00 6:55:18 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
guest@endurance.net writes:

<< And there are some significant advantages to sleeping outside
 on the ground....you can hear your horse (and everybody else's).
 Having campaigned for years with a stallion, I always set up my
 tent (or just a sleeping bag on the ground if it isn't going to
 rain) so I can see my horse without having to get up.   >>

Yup, that's pretty much how I've been doing it (except when I can mooch from 
my friends with the motorhome :)  I sleep in the back of my Suburban though 
and I'm right there next to my horse which has been a blessing a couple of 
times.  Harca likes to back up and kind of rest his rear end as close to the 
bumper as he can.  He is RIGHT there when I want to check on him!  I have 
also caught loose horses on several occasions (their owners were snoring away 
in their blasted (oops, jealousy showing) campers or motorhomes).  A friend 
of mine with a motorhome once told me how lucky I was that when I got home 
from a ride I didn't have to deal with all the cleaning, draining, filling, 
etc. of a motorhome.  I think she was just trying to be nice and make me feel 
better about my "deprivation" :))  I am looking forward to the day I have my 
truck and camper.  I think I'll feel just fine about leaving the door open a 
crack so I can hear the horses.  Kat, you are much tougher than I am.....I 
don't know how you survived the Outlaw Trail without the "amenities".  I 
NEEEEEDED that motorhome at the end of each day!!

Sylvia


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