Re: can you say tent?

[Rides 2 Far <rides2far@juno.com>]

>Well some of us who are "roughing" it would RATHER be in your camper 

I just interviewed a ride vet of 15 years for an article for EN.  I asked
him what's the biggest change.  His answer:  "Equipment" (I immediately
thought saddles, biothane, etc.)  He said, "Everybody's got a trailer
with a camper, nobody wants to sit around the fire and visit any more,
they've all got heaters"

So that's why I'm the last to leave the fire ever time!  Say what you
will for your campers, but I love it when everybody hangs around the fire
and visits after a ride. (when my horse is too mellow to get in trouble
and I can finally relax and leave him at the trailer unattended).  If you
rush back to your cocoon for a hot supper, you're missing the best part
of the sport.  Now that I think back on the year, the best camp fires and
visiting were at the rides with the least prestige.  Go to one where you
could walk on aluminum rooftops from one end of the field to the other
and you can hardly get anybody to visit.

Angie

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