<% appTitle="Ridecamp Archives" %> Ridecamp: Re: [RC] Help with mileage for a newbie :)....
Ridecamp@Endurance.Net

[Archives Index]   [Date Index]   [Thread Index]   [Author Index]   [Subject Index]
Current to Wed Jul 23 17:31:20 GMT 2003
  • Next by Date: Re: [RC] Help with mileage for a newbie :)....
  • - EquesB
  • Prev by Date: Re: [RC] FW: [RC-Digest] Vol: 02.0474
  • - amber applegate

    Re: [RC] Help with mileage for a newbie :).... - Rides 2 Far


    > Actually, I grew up in the next town over, so I know it's for real. 
    Pretty cool, huh? The funny thing is the city charter specifies horse>
    trails> through all developments, so even all the million dollar
    properties  are horse friendly.
    
    O.K. O.K. I'll have to play my Ace card.... COASTAL BERMUDA HAY $2.00 PER
    BALE...GAS $1.18 GAL. NO EARTHQUAKES, NO FOREST FIRES. PASTURE BOARD $50
    PER MONTH. >eg<  Things aren't *all* bad here. :-)  But seriously, I'm
    interested in your neighborhood plan.  
    
    the *concept* of that development has spread out here a little, but the
    builders and people didn't quite pull it off. My brother bought land
    adjoining a development like that in Knoxville, TN.  All the streets have
    horsey names "Steeplechase, Triple Crown, etc."  Each house had an extra
    acre for their horse field.  They left a bridle path right of way through
    the subdivision.  At first all the houses had horses.  Then, they saw
    what 1/2 acre looks like when a couple of horses live on it.  Certainly
    hurt the looks of their big houses.  Nobody mowed the bridle path and it
    grew up.  Now, 10 years later I think there's only 2 houses left that
    actually have horses and they managed to buy extra land.  It's a shame.
    
    Now 600 acres of land near me is starting to develop. It has a trail on
    it that goes to the top of Lookout Mountain and down, and then a few
    miles along the creek. One of the new builders (who owns half the land
    but probably is going to sell it in parcels) is a lawyer and they got
    their first horse this week. I've been told they've been given my number
    as "the horse info-lady".  First thing he asked my daughter was "where do
    you ride?"  Anybody want to give me a place I could hook him up with to
    help plan maybe a trail system through the area that could stay open as
    it develops?  What about liability on the trail?  Does it become a public
    right of way?  If so, can they still keep tresspassers from outside off?
    
    Angie
    
    =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
     Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net.
     Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp
     Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp
    =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=