I am afraid I will leave someone out if I try to thank everyone but some need
mentioning...
thanks to the Ticktins and the Pyramid Society for putting on this great
ride. I know they aren't really distance people and we maybe try their patience
but they did a first class job and made us feel very welcome. I WILL return to
this ride. Next year I hope to win that saddle donated by the King of Morroco to
the first Egyptian to cross the line.
Thanks to the Ward's for the loan of their truck to get there AND for
breeding Malik in the first place, giving us a reason to need to get there!!
They are friends of the highest caliber.
Thanks to ALL of the vets and the timers and the PR folks....it was a well
run ride with competent help. Probably of average size for a SE ride (about 90
riders total) but I was totally impressed with how smoothly the whole thing
went!
Thank you to Connie Caudill for her wonderful inspiration and encouragement
and that tap on the shoulder. What a positive person!!!
Thanks to the Malinowskis and all of our other Egyptian breeder friends who
supported and encouraged us in this endeavor. Thank you, Adam, for helping me
prepare Malik for BC with a little beauty shop treatment. He looked GREAT and
Dr. Otis liked it!!! Obviously!! And Maria for taking time to take photos and
video shots of the whole affair.
OH, and thank you Becky Siler for the MOST beautiful photos of myself with my
horse that I have ever seen....of course, that short, fat person looks nothing
like the person I see on the inside but Malik could make a toad look good! :)
Thanks for a wonderful job.
Thank you, Barb Marcius, for sharing your insight and routine and supplies
and most of all, your laughter and friendship. I am awed when I think of all of
the wonderful memories we made as ridecamp buddies in 3 short days and of the
times and memories yet to come. We miss you already!!!!!
Thank you also to the too numerous to mention people who took a moment to
congratulate me and compliment my wonderful steed....that is also a prize that a
ride manager can't provide!
Thank you, Nelson for working so hard to help me achieve my goals and dreams.
I am not ashamed to say I love you and it is nice that it works out that you
love me back. :)
And Jenny, thank you for being a part of my dream. It's every horsey mom's
dream to have a little girl who loves horses the way she did as a child (and as
an adult) and to be able to share that is another one of the "prizes" in
endurance. I hope you someday have a little girl who will have her own "Max" and
will make you as proud of her as I am of you. We are going to miss the hell out
of you when you leave for Illinois! :(
If you come to the Pyramid Challenge in 2004, folks, come EARLY or stay LATE.
I wish we had at least one more extra day to spend exploring Kentucky Horse Park
and Lexington. There just wasn't enough time!! I'll make it up next year. And
that's a promise!!
And that's all I have to say about that....(Forrest Gump).
