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RE: [RC] Eastern Mojave Ride Photos - Steph Teeter

Nice photos! And a wonderful ride. The first day we wound up through the
mountains and it was stunningly beautiful. An amazing array of plants - some
of the plants I recognized in one square mile section - pinon, juniper,
mesquite, sagebrush, saltbush, winterfat, bitterbrush, cholla, barrel catus,
prickly pear, yucca, greasewood, creosote, hopsage - plus all the grasses
and smaller perennials. And very dramatic rock formations. We even had a
skiff of snow at the higher elevations, and some of the higher ridges had
fog banks rolling in and out of the sunshine. Plus I saw a huge coal-black
burro, he was as surprised as my horse was :) I can see why this area was
set aside as a National Preserve, it is very special. The second day was
mostly through Joshua tree (huge!) stands, with an early stretch of rocky
2-track, followed by miles and miles of perfect footing, riding around a
large granite based dome with outcrops in strange places. I learned that
Joshua trees (actually a yucca) do not 'give' like the branches of ordinary
trees. They will try to knock you off your horse if you play too close. I
hope Dave keeps this one on the calendar, and maybe adds another day or two.
Nice ride!

Steph

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[mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of DreamWeaver
Sent: Monday, February 02, 2004 9:52 PM
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Subject: [RC] Eastern Mojave Ride Photos


http://www.xprides.com/SRR/EMS03PHOTOS1.html

There are 15 pages, if you are patient enough to go thru them all you will
see some of the largest joshua trees and cholla cactus you've ever
seen.  Brown ears are Weaver's, grey ones are Rocky. :-)  The guy in the
red jacket is John Teeter and the other John is on a white Icelandic named
Remington.  If I get caught up I'll add commentary to the photos.  That may
take awhile, lol, I'm pretty behind right now.

Karen
in NV



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