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Re: [RC] off the beaten path - hrsldyloryTina, Get your courage together & approach the pastor of the church. If you sign a waiver of liability and promise to clean any messes he (or she) may let you park there. The worst that can happen is that they'd ask you to convert & go to mass once in a while. <G> I just did that with a neighbor who's property connects with tons of farm land. He used to own horses years ago but his farm has been empty for at least 4 years that I know of. Not only did I get permission to ride through, I will be moving my horse there in 3 weeks!! It's an absolute piece of heaven for my horse, lots of pasture (he is on mud and rock right now) and I am working on getting two of my best riding buddies in to keep us company. You never know until you ask! Stop drooling and go!! Lory & Boogie (what you can't see won't hurt you) From: Tina Hicks <tina@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: 2004/02/21 Sat PM 04:26:12 EST To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [RC] off the beaten path As I was driving home yesterday I, once again, drooled over the power line trail at the end of the neighborhood. It goes straight up a mountain that would just do a horse's heart good :). Conveniently, there's a church with a big parking lot right at the base of it. The easement to the trail goes behind 3 or 4 houses before it hits the mountain. Almost everyday I think "wonder if they'd let me park in the parking lot so I could ride that mountain" which is almost always followed by "wonder what would happen to me if I just parked there and rode up that mountain" :) And that made me think about other ridecampers and what means you've gone to in order to get a good ride in. I don't mean anything as mundane as riding around some traffic <g> - I think most of us have to suffer through that. I'm wondering about parking in parking lots in a populated area to get to power line (or other) trails, riding through neighborhoods to get to the riding behind it, etc.... If you have access to millions of miles of trail from your backyard, I don't want to hear from you :). Tina Hicks tina@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ============================================================ The very essence of our sport is doing the trail as quickly as practicable, while keeping one's horse fit to continue. Taking the clock out of the equation makes it another sport altogether. The challenge is how to keep the sport what it is while honing our skills (both as riders and as those in control roles) in detecting where "the edge" is for each horse so that we don't cross it. ~ Heidi Smith ridecamp.net information: http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/ ============================================================ ============================================================ Locks do not prevent theft, they only deter those in doubt. ~ Robert Morris ridecamp.net information: http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/ ============================================================
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