From: Bekosso Words
Work. [mailto:wordswork@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: May 28, 2007 12:55 PM To: 'Chrystal Woodhouse' Cc: 'ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' Subject: RE: [RC] Christmas in May
Chrystal - I don’t know about the
weather getting better as the season goes on. There are derned few of us who
can forget an endurance ride we attended in mid-July a few years ago along the GhostRiver
in the high country, northwest of Calgary.
It just started out bad and got worse. Rain, then snow, then more rain that
created ice-cold lakes where the trail had been. My horse lost both her front
shoes and then one of two Easy Boots in the mud. My gloves were soaked. My
hands were like lobster claws when I finally finished and the horse
wouldn’t trot on anything but grass because her front were sore from the
rocks. Never in my lifetime has a dry pair of socks felt so good.
So when the sun broke through last Friday
and we got a beautiful warm day on Saturday, you can bet your last beer that we
were all happy to get out there and ride.
