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Congratulations, Roger!  Sounds like a great place to move to!!!  I wish 
there were such a place west of the Mississippi.
Laney

Roger Rittenhouse wrote:
> Good and Good News
>
> Carol and I have decided to move to the Big South Fork NRA. We made this 
> decision based on many issues.
>
> Age- Health. My situation is some what limited. I still suffer from neck 
> and  back issues related to the major fall -crash - Omni and I took at 
> the PowWow Ride in 2002. The cancer issue while under control ? ? took 
> the spirit out of me last year. For the first year since 1972 I did not 
> ride ONE distance competition. I found I did not miss it.
> I DID ride more camp rides. Easy living just having fun doing pleasure 
> rides. Omni can handle that.
> I do not see me nor do I care if I ever do another 100 miler. LDs and a 
> few 50 milers will be good enough for me.
>
> Horse issues. Last year was a bad year for both of us. Carol lost 2 of 
> her horses, and I retired Omni. Now we 'might' get to an LD this year to 
> see how Omni and his girl friend DIXIE the mule do. Carol wants to try one.
> Later I will start my search for another horse. A new horse is not a 
> real priority for me now.
>
> Get a smaller place. - 88 AC. Been here for 12 yrs now. Place feels like 
> it is getting larger. Lots of just plain general maintenance. With less 
> horses  we dont need 33 ac of pasture. We fenced much of it off last 
> year to keep them out.
>
> We have not gone over to Starr Mtn Horse trail  but 2 or 3 times last 
> year. Carol has not been there for a year. We ride the trails on our 55 
> ac of Mtn land and the neighbors.. We have LOTS of trails around. I 
> really dont care to haul all that much to ride.  The Starr Mtn horse 
> trails are just great, We are 1.5 miles from the trail head on back 
> county chip roads.. takes 30 minutes to get there by horse..
>
> Just plain economics.
>
> We had wanted to get a small place at BSF - few ac then go up and 
> camp/ride. But could not work that out. Then why have 2 places.? We go 
> to East Fork Horse camp - private with 100 miles of trails ? and the 
> assorted camps around the BSF NRA about 2 to 5 times a year. So why not 
> just get a place there.
> I hate cold and winter, but I will just have to deal with it for 2 
> months :).
>
> We did it. Contract on a place in Spruce Creek Acres- a horse community. 
> Nice place 9 ac with about 6 usable maybe more with some work. It is 
> right in the middle of the main horse trail system and one side bounds 
> the horse trail in SCA. Can go out for short rides in 4 directions on 
> great trails.
>
> The Tellico Plains farm is listed on my web site. It is with an agent. 
> We dont want to do the  "sell it your self" mess. Let the pros do it.
>
> Anyone want to move to a great place in south east TN take a look.
>
> If all this goes well, we should be up there by May or June.
>
> Getting ready for the AERC Convention. We get to DRIVE this year.. 
> GREAT. :)
>
> Roger R
>
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