Re: RC: North Carolina Rest Areas Off Limits to Horses

[Teddy Lancaster <Teddy@runningbear.com>]

> tom sites goearth@shentel.net
> Hello, Coming back from the Biltmore this year we stopped and unloaded at the Rest Area right
> before Virginia on Route 77 and the Horses were happily eating grass and walking arround when
> the State Patrol informed us it was illegal to offload in a rest area.  We pleaded ignorance
> said our proper Yes Sirs and told him we'd never do it again.  It must be liability or they
> don't want poop in the Rest Areas.  tom sites
>
What, turn away FREE fertilizer!!!! Why, we could save the state
THOUSANDS of dollars by unloading!!!!

I have had this happen.  I basically ignored it.  The horses were
already unloaded and away from the picnic area. They peed on the grass,
munched a bit and I walked them around for 15-20 minutes.  After I
loaded them I brought out a broom and dustpan and swept up sawdust and
manure and placed it in my OWN trash bin.  The trooper watched me the
entire time, but said nothing further and neither did I.

I doubt there is any "law" or that he could produce it in writing. They
are just not horse people and have NO understanding of horses or their
needs.  I figured I would do what I intended and show him that not all
horses and horse people are "undesirables".

Out west (like Wyoming) I have been unloading pens right in the rest
areas.  But these rest areas are NOT the highly manicured ones we see
out east.


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