-----Original Message----- From:
David Fant [mailto:dfant@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Monday, June
28, 2004 10:24 AM To: TADRA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject:
[TADRA] Unicorn Hunt - Epilogue
Tonight I will update the website with a
synopsis of the weekend. The short version is that between 10AM and 1PM on the
day of the ride we had more rain than we had had in two weeks. It had been
going around us and Friday we were not so lucky.
I'd like to say up front that the attitude of
the riders for a very difficult two days was with almost no exceptions a
really welcome thing that we were able to rely on to help us do what we could
to salvage the ride. I would like to express the gratitude of myself and my
family (several of who worked hard as ride staff) and our friends who worked
as ride staff. Without the supportive attitudes of our riders a challenging
event could have been very miserable indeed.
Thanks again,
David Fant
Possum Walk
Farms
p.s. Would one of you with a Ride Camp account
pass this on for us?
-----Original Message----- From: Darolyn Butler-Dial
[mailto:darolyn@xxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 12:31
PM To: 'Sylvia A. Fant' Subject: - Epilogue
response
FROM DAROLYN
BUTLER-DIAL
David, Sylvia, Amanda,
The
ride was handled with much aplomb... we ride the conditions & we ride
endurance. Its rides like yours that leave an indelible memory... LOL...
not that u want to repeat it any time soon, but... that's when u learn to ride
against the elements, beat the trail, and use your head to manage to "stay
alive"... my newbies even had a good time... yes they were challenged, but they
overcame & were really proud of themselves.
Hope
you guys are too discouraged, & David YOU DID A GREAT JOB WITH YOUR
TRACTOR. I'm so sorry about your yard/pasture.... hopefully the aeration
will do it more good than harm... but I'm truly worried about the trails.
It may take them a while to recover as well. Be sure & watch them for
Armadillo... once they have broken thru like that, I've found on my trails it
sometimes takes a couple of years for them to firm up again... especially if it
stays wet, you continue to use them and don't let them heal...
bummer!
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