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Re: [RC] Being taken care of. - m lHI Heidi, I do have to say we get great awards at most of the PS rides I've gone too. I love having something from the rides, but what I really like is being taken care of. My husband isn't a horse person and I go to the rides alone. No crew. We have alot of rides where you don't even have to send a bag to the vet check. Not only do they have feed for your horses, but they have food and drinks for the rider. Fire Mtn. & Bar H Boogie was great. I felt pretty spoiled. Lindy --- Heidi Smith <heidi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: The biggest thing about awards, it would be nice if it wouldbesomething we could use. Alot of times I get somanymugs, I give them to Goodwill. I don't think ride managers should spend money on things people aregoingto get rid of.You can't please everybody. Not everybody wears T-shirts. Some of us love mugs, some don't. What is nice is if different rides give different stuff--and then at some point during the year, you're apt to get something you like. I like T-shirts--but I can only wear so many at once. (Time I started riding again--my wardrobe is getting sparse... <g>) One of the most useful completion awards I have is a duffel bag with the ride logo on it--I use it almost every time I travel. My bridles hang on a completion award made of welded horseshoes (backing of shoes welded together, with hooks made of half-shoes welded on--all nicely spray painted and printed with the ride name and the year--easy to paint back over if you have too many). I have a couple of good brushes with the ride name wood-burned on the handles. I've gotten halters, buckets, muck buckets, lead ropes--you name it, they are all useful. Got a dandy T-shirt yesterday, but got a really nifty tote bag 2 weeks ago. I still use the purple rain poncho that Pam Haynes gave out a few years back at Purple Passion--never claimed to be a "purple" person, but it's a darn good rain poncho! (Actually, I think my hubby won that one, and I absconded with it.) She gave stethoscopes one year, too--never do seem to have too many stethoscopes. I did that once several years ago, too, and got more positive response to it than just about anything I ever gave out. Much as I like T-shirts, it would be a pretty dull world if that's the ONLY thing ride managers gave out as completion awards! Heidi =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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 Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). http://calendar.yahoo.com =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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 Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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