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[RC] long ride - truth or fiction - awolfe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxDear Fellow Ridecampers, A new member of my family (long story - very painful) that I met a couple of days ago told me that after his high school graduation in 1997 he and 7 friends took 16 horses from just outside New York City to San Diego. The horses they were not riding on a given day did not rest - they were the pack horses. He says no horses were lost, and the most outrageous part of this story is that he claims that this was accomplished in three weeks. He says they crossed the Mississippi on a ferry in Southern Illinois. Now according to Mapquest, this means that they would have had to average 134 miles a day - maybe more, depending on the route they took - old trails, is what he says. After initially being very impressed, I am now quite dubious. It is very important to me to try to sort out if this guy is telling the truth, or telling stories. He also says that he is a bull rider and was never bucked off in the process of winning over two hundred events. I'll check that one out with my former bull riding friend. Thanks for your comments Anna Wolfe =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
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