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Weenies. I notice you said "your trailer".
I am really grateful to have had an excuse with my daughter 's injury to not 
have  sent in  y entry what was to be my first LD.
Was looking forward to it for months....BUT......
It would have been my last Ld, as they took a pickax to our TENT to carve us 
out of the ice.I was going to buy a coleman tent heater for 44.95 from 
Walmart. . . . .BUT... the image of my husband , two sons and probably at 
least one of of dogs frozen in a permanent sleep.....!!!!!!
I accept  the "weenie " title proudly.As this kind of weather only happens 
in Ga. about every 10 years, I can be a weenie 1/10th of the time  just 
fine.
Now if I had living quarters  !!(the 3 room tent, and screen tent, and 
dressing room  aren't quite the same), with my own potty! and a real 
shower!!!! that would be heaven.

Maybe there is such a thing as "living Quarter Weeenies"!!!!!!:}???????


Laurie and Rascal





> From: "oddfarm" <jsalas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "ridecamp" <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [RC]   Fever rings and ice in the south!
> Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 16:44:18 -0500
>
> walkergirl said,"My suspicion is that these rings do not always indicate a
> present or past problems."
>
> True, but they are saying something. I rode Odd Todd hard for 3 rides in a 
> row, ( a month apart) with shoes and he had 3 rings about a quarter of an 
> inch apart. Isn't that odd? :)
>
> The rides were fast and included some hard clay roads. The speed and 
> condition of the trails were not easy on his feet. However, that didn't 
> mean he was going to founder either, necessarily.
>
> I saw a horse this past weekend at a ride that had very prominent 
> rings/ridges in his feet. One of them had a severe crack horizontally on 
> the front foot. The horse was also shod. We were commenting on this horse 
> and noticed a shaved spot. IV plug said the owner. Not a story the rider 
> cared to share. I am not sure the horse finished. The feet pretty much said 
> it all.
>
> I just rode  Looney Lance 105 miles in two weeks. Not fast, just training 
> but the first ride was on hard packed roads. If he doesn't get rings around 
> his hooves I won't be surprised. I am surprised that I didn't ring his 
> neck!
>
> By the way, those of you who didn't show up for Boy Scout in Georgia this 
> weekend (WEENIES!) you missed a great ride.
>
> It was 9 degrees Friday morning and about 17 degrees Saturday when we 
> started. The horses had frost on their whiskers. We had frost on our shirts 
> and in our hair where our breath was. We crossed water that had icebergs. 
> It was great! Being from Florida, I have never seen anything like that!!
>
> Odd Todd even got a few ice cuts. We did cruise the first two legs and 
> still came in under 64. It was great for the horses. My ears were so numb I 
> could have pierced them and never felt a thing!
>
> The pipes on my trailer froze and didn't thaw until Saturday afternoon. 
> Trainer Wendy had hot homemade soup for us at one of the holds. It was 
> great! The fire ring sure did come in handy. Ahhh, life is good.
>
> Why do we do this? Because we can.
>
> Lisa Salas, The Odd FarM


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