'99 AERC/UMECRA Rocky Mountain Ride is August 2-6

[mbp@holly.colostate.edu (Brad Patterson)]

Greetings Endurists:

As Teddy Roosevelt once said, "There is no better way to see the world than
from the back of a horse."

To see some of the best of our world, I invite you to experience the 3rd
Annual running of the 275 Mile Rocky Mountain Ride to be held on Monday -
Friday, August 2nd - 6th, 1999 in the beautiful Rocky Mountains of Colorado
& Wyoming.  Once again, a 25 mile Limited Distance ride will be also held
on Friday the 6th.  The high country trail will be beautiful and
challenging, yet achievable, taking you through a variety of sites rich in
history.  My goal is to provide you with an enjoyable endurance experience
with your horse and to share with you some of the wonderful scenery of the
mountains that I call home.

This year, the endurance ride will be both AERC and UMECRA sanctioned.
Each day is considered a seperate event, so you can ride any combination of
days on any combination of horses, and drivers will be available to move
rigs from camp to camp.  Appearing for their 3rd performance, the Vets will
be the dynamic duo of Drs. Barney Fleming, our new AERC "Is-Large"
Director! (Congratulations, Barney!), and Ute Jung.

I want to recognize and thank the following people for their committment of
trail marking and financial support that will allow this ride to continue:
Deb Anderson (CO)               Phyllis Arnold (MT)             Lisa
Ashbach (CO)
Candy Barbo-KuBar Portable Panels (MN)                      Roger Blalock (AL)
Dan Coe (WY)                          Nancy Day & Boxelder Trails (CO)
Linda Fisher & Kenlyn Arabians (CO)                               Lynne
Himmelreich (IA)
Brigitt Helm (CO)               Tom Hoggard (CO)                 Jill
Hughes (CO)
Marsha Ingalls (CO)          Will Ingalls (CO)
Dianne Kuhn-KuBar Portable Panels (MN)                    Joe Long (CO)
Theresa Maloof (CO)           Lisa Marno (WY)                  Joe Moreno (WY)
Denise Pfalmer (CO)            Dorothy Sue Phillips (MT)
Sala & Tom Sherwood (NV)
Linnea Skoglund (CO)
Linda VanCeylon (CO)      & Diana Zettlemoyer (CO).

As always