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Re: [RC] Water stops - Barbara McCrary

The year was 2000 and I'm sorry if I mislead someone by my forgetfulness of how many water stops there were. I remember the Rose Mine crossing one, not the others, but that didn't make any difference to Lud's horse. He was always a poor drinker. Lud finally gave him to a friend of a friend as a pleasure horse and he is still happy taking care of a bunch of teenage girls. The fact that the horse refused to drink when it was obvious he needed it was making it very tough for Lud. He worried a lot about the horse's welfare.

Barbara

----- Original Message ----- From: "k s swigart" <katswig@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2006 8:52 PM
Subject: [RC] Water stops



Barbara said:

HOWEVER, Lud's horse was always a poor drinker and
had not drunk any water until that 35 mile vet check. It is
not terribly unusual for a multi-day ride to have only one
vet check. All the multi-day rides I've ever done had only
one vet check. And...I've done a few where the only vet
check WAS at 35 miles because there was no way to
access the trail anywhere else.
As for Lud's horse, he did not drink that day at the one water
stop before the vet check, ...

If I remember correctly, this happened on the third day at Death Valley. I think it worthwhile to mention that there were FOUR water stops before the vet check, not just one (although, admittedly, the first one was only about 3 miles out of camp so few horses were likely to avail themselves of it). The first was halfway down Indian Ranch Road (~3-4 miles), the second was at Indian Ranch itself (~7-8 miles although you did actually have to take a short detour up into the ranch), the third was at the Rose Mine crossing (I'm guessing about 18/20 miles and there was usually hay there as well), and the fourth was where the trail crossed Panamint Valley Road (~26-28 miles and Alex usually has some hay there as well).

Depending on which year you did it, there might actually be some natural
water in some of the wash crossings before you get to Rose Mine.

I mention this because I don't want anybody who hasn't done the ride to
think that there was only one waterstop in 35 miles of trail...or that
such rides are a common practice at multi-days.  Only one vet check is a
common practice, but only one waterstop before a vet check at 35 miles
is not.

kat
Orange County, Calif.





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