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It was nice to read about the Louisiana Gumbo ride, yep, spent lots of 
time in the Kisatchie Forest in wool socks and Army boots.

Reading about those sudden sinkholes, well, that sounds just like our 
trails right now, very unusual for us (can't remember it ever happening 
before) but the water table is that high.   Yesterday's ride on trails 
that appeared fine, we'd start to trot, my boy "lost" his back end, 
twice in about 15 feet convinced us that walking was a better bet.

Ah, Mollie, that makes sense, using a rump rug when on foot!  It made a 
big impression on me, I guess--once I was off walking down from the top 
on DVE day 2, it was sleeting.  When the footing was safe, we got back 
on--my naked saddle was ok, just wet--OTOH, Heather sat down and her 
sheepskin cover audibly squished out water.  We both said Ewwwww; I was 
comfortable again within minutes.

T, it's different in a cold rain than in a warm SE rain, isn't it?

Hay, uh, hey, I was born and raised in this fine state.  I did enjoy 
the 3 years in the "other" LA, but it ruined me for fishing anywhere 
else (except up in Alaska).

On Mar 2, 2005, at 5:30 PM, Truman Prevatt wrote:

> My dear Lynne,
>
> As one that sent time on LA - and I don't mean the CA version, I mean 
> the one next to Mississippi, you should know. Once you are soaked to 
> the bone - you can't get any more miserable. So you might as well be 
> sitting on a soft wet seat rather than a hard wet seat.
>
> You've been out west too long - your memory is fading.
>
> Truman
>
> Lynne Glazer wrote:
> > Nobody's answered my questions about riding in a squishy wet 
> > sheepskin full cover, would've thought the SE contingent would weigh 
> > in. Cindy, boy, 6" is not much, thought we didn't get much rain here 
> > compared to most (not counting THIS deluge year, I have gotten my 
> > truck stuck in liquid mud twice in the last week, now eyeing black 
> > clouds overhead and deciding whether it's safe to travel!)
> >
> > Lynne


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