Re: Plenty of blame to go around American River Ride

["Maggie Mieske" <mmieske@netonecom.net>]

Here's a thought for tenters with no self contained camper...set up a cot
inside your trailer.  Couldn't that be considered "self contained"?  That's
where our "guests" sleep who come along on rides with us to crew or just
hang out.


Maggie Mieske
Mieske's Silver Lining
10601 S. Richards Rd.
McBain, Michigan 49657
http://www.netonecom.net/~mmieske
mmieske@netonecom.net

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> From: Teresa Van Hove <tvanhove@uswest.net>
> To: rwill@parks.ca.gov
> Cc: ridecamp@endurance.net
> Subject: RC:  Plenty of blame to go around  American River Ride
> Date: Wednesday, May 03, 2000 12:05 AM
> 
> Dear Robert Will, Supervising Park Ranger, American River district
> cc ridecamp 
>  
> It really sounds like both the ride managers/organizers and the park
> rangers blew it here and the ride attendees were caught in the 
> crossfire.  If ride management failed to alert attendees to the park 
> rules and had ignored the rule in the past why did you not send a 
> ranger to the ride meeting or at least out there before nightfall and
> call your own meeting to explain the rules?  Yes we endurance riders
> can be independent, ornery cusses at times; but we are also very willing
> to help out each other and ride management.  If the park rangers had 
> explained the situation I expect that folks w/o campers could and would
> have worked out with those who had "self contained campers" to watch
> horses so the "tenters" could camp in the approved areas; and/or 
> the scc folks would have invited folks without scc's to double up 
> with them to stay within the rules.   I am neither a California 
> resident or a member of this endurance region.  If I were I 
> would be asking this question to my state representative 
> and also demanding a good explanation from ride management
> and would refer the situation to the sanctioning director 
> and/or the entire AERC board of directors if RM did not have a good
> explanation for not knowing the park rules and informing the ride
> attendees of them.  I have no tolerance for letting people get 
> caught paying a fine for violating a rule because RM disagreed with
> that rule.  OTH I was a 1st year ride manager last year and if this
> was a new RM who did not know the situation ahead of time and then
> got overwhelmed with all the many details of RM and dropped the ball
> they have my sympathy.  
> 
> Teresa Van Hove
> (Colorado resident and glad of it)
> 
> 
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