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Hi Folks, I just wanted to talk up the Virginia Highlands Endurance 
Challenge a bit. The date is August 28-29. This will be our second year 
and hopefully it will be as successful as last year (over 200 riders!!). 
The camp is at the Ivanhoe Horse Show Grounds at Jubilee Park  on the 
New River in Ivanhoe, Virginia. It is flat as a pancake and big enough 
for everyone, the fire department has been working on it all year. They 
have opened up some more shady camping and have completed the arena 
where the vet in will be. The vet checks during the ride will be at away 
locations BUT there will be only ONE location each day (as opposed to 3 
last year) so will make it much easier on crews. One day we will go to 
Iron Mountain Horse Camp for the vet check , equipped with bathrooms, a 
tack shop and ice cream and sodas for sale. The other day we will have 
the vet check at Don and Nicki Meuten's (the ride managers) new property 
in Cripple Creek. You will have the most fantastic 360 degree view that 
you can imagine overlooking the creek, the town of Cripple Creek and the 
mountain range. It's just awesome! The rides will be  a 50/30 one day 
and a 55/30 on the other day. Riders will be happy to know that we have 
less than half of the gravel road we had last year. The day we do Don & 
Nicki's we will be riding a whole new loop with great views and a 
combination of wide sweeping forest service trail and single track.
Both days are challenging but doable mountain rides. Not as steep as 
some of the climbs at the OD but you'll sure know you've done something 
by the time you get back to camp.
Everybody raved about the ride last year and this year will be twice as 
good so you'd better put this one on your calendar now! The area also 
has lots of other attractions so would be a great ride to build a 
vacation around.
See ya'll on the trail,
Nancy Sluys

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