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[RC] Gold Country - Ridecamp Guest

Please Reply to: Mindy Morris mindymorris2530@xxxxxxx or ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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   Oh my gosh!!!!!   Soooo glad I went to the Gold Country ride this past 
week-end - I will DEFINATLY be back next year.......what a treat...The 
volunteers, vets, ride manager, all just the nicest people ever !!  About 3 or 
4 times there were people along the trail with gatoraid, pepsi, tea, 
water...with great clean water for the horses - While you and you horse drank, 
they sponged the horses and refilled the riders water bottles.....and all with 
smiles and wishes of good luck - The vet checks were like catered events, for 
both horses and humans - Anything you could want to drink, homemade cookies, 
and for the horses..a couple of different types of hay, bran mash with carrots 
and apples in it in piles all over the place and all along the vet check line 
too !!
  I guess my mind had slipped.....or was my head was up my ##*, but I went 
with old shoes on my sweet Jimbo and he lost 1 on the 1st 10 mile loop - Got 
another at the vet check (thanks Ken !!) and then he pulled another on the last 
10 mile loop - I walked him in apologising the whole time to him for being such 
a ditz head - all in all it took us 11 hours and 30 minutes or so........and 
there were still happy, smiling, volunteers there to cheer us on as we crossed 
the finish !!  It was so nice - Jimbo and I had a wonderful time...camp was 
shady and beautiful !  As I said..we will be back next year and get our entry 
in EARLY......('cause when everyone finds out about this ride it is gonna fill 
even quicker then it did this year) and Jimbo will have NEW SHOES !!  And an 
easy boot !!
                Thanks to all for a GRAND time !!
                    Mindy and Jimbo


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