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[RC] Around the Water Hole - Ridecamp GuestPlease Reply to: Ryder 2GoOn@xxxxxxxxxxxx or ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ========================================== So,here I sit. I read the last Endurance News and I remember going to rides. I remember the length of the ride wasn't the thing for me, it was getting to ride, any ride, meeting new people. Life changes right before our eyes and many of us never truly notice the small things that constitute (eventually) a major shift in our worlds. I miss going to rides. I miss meeting old friends and making new ones. I miss the mountains, the woods, the roily rivers. This weekend, many of you are at rides...25's, 50's or 100's. You are the lucky ones. I know you did whatever you had to do to get to 'em. I know that each of you go to 'em with different so-called "goals" in mind...but I also know that each of you cares for your horse and realize that "carrying you" is the least of what he/she does for you. LIFTING YOU is the true effect. Health, money, personal dilemma of all sorts, keeps many of us home and off the trails. Many of us never even realize how much we miss the trails with friends. When the emotions of Ridecamp get a bit our of hand, try and remember that each of us eventually "swing a leg over" and head down the same trails. I remember the joy of considerate ride management, well-marked trails, a LaVonne Booth "Goody" here and there...but mostly, I remember the horse and his effort to find me what it is I needed on that day. I hope you all have great rides, and make great friends. Ryder(and one day soon, perhaps, to be again) ===========================================================There are few places where the horse does not fit in; at least in my world, as delusional as that one may be. ~ Howard Bramhall ridecamp.net information: http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/ ===========================================================
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