Swanton does Rocky

[DreamWeaver <karen@chaton.gardnerville.nv.us>]

I apologize in advance to Barbara, who will probably faint dead away when 
she sees these photos.  :+}

Several people have already emailed me about our 'accident', and want to 
let everybody know that Rocky is home and looks great.

We'll definitely be back to finish this ride, it's a wonderful trail and 
the McCrary's do a super job in every regard.  I love trails like this, and 
this one only has 1500' less of elevation gain than the Tevis does.  I'd 
like to thank Barbara most importantly for having enough vets available 
that they were able to treat Rocky right away.  I also really appreciate 
the help from Judith Ogus and of course the vet himself to took care of 
Rocky -- Dr. Chuck Kessinger.  He took Rocky over immediately and cleaned 
up the wounds and wrapped his leg and gave me a weeks worth of antibiotics 
(because of the puncture wound).

I'll get some photos up of the trail shortly.  It's beautiful!!!!

Congratulations to Lori Oleson for getting BC!! Way to go, you worry wart 
you!! <vbg>

Oh....and just so nobody gets all flipped out -- what happened was simply 
an *accident*.  Rocky has done a lot of technical rides including Outlaw 
Trail, Tevis, etc., and he has never *ever* fallen before.  What happened 
wasn't anybody's fault -- it wasn't Barbara's fault, or even the trail's 
fault.  It wasn't Rocky's fault.  His hind feet simply slipped and he 
fell.  We just happened to be on a single track trail and he slid off on a 
large boulder (that was part of the trail)  -- if it weren't for his 
sensibility I probably wouldn't be here to tell about it.

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btw, the photos do look worse than it really is.  Today he is cleaned up 
and other than his forehead (and the wrap on his leg) you can't even tell 
that anything happened to him.  I feel very bad that he was injured but 
also very grateful that it wasn't worse.  He's a very special horse, I owe 
him a lot.

Happy Trails,

Karen
in NV
& Rocky, 2,965 miles
& Weaver, 3,255 miles
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