Re: Ride start times

["Marci Cunningham" <mcunningham@calcot.com>]

In 1993 I rode the Western States 50 which was supposed to be the last half
of Tevis, however Potato Richardson, ride manager, had to add extra trail
early in the ride because we couldn't cross the American River due to high
water.  The ride started at 1 pm from Devil's Thumb and we finished just up
the trail past Franciscos.  All in all it was a good warm up for Tevis which
Moonshyne and I completed a month later.  I'm not sure how many years after
1993 the ride continued.  I was grateful for the opportunity to ride the
California Loop under actual 'ride' conditions prior to Tevis and it was fun
starting a ride during the middle of the day.  My husband and I drove to
Loomis, near Auburn, on Friday and stayed with friends and then drove to the
ride Saturday morning.

Marci Cunningham
Bakersfield CA
-----Original Message-----
From: Lif Strand <fasterhorses@gilanet.com>
To: AERC <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Date: Friday, September 10, 1999 2:46 PM
Subject: RC: Ride start times


>Nobody's mentioned when the Western States (70?) mile ride started at
>midnight or sunset or some time other than first thing in the a.m.  I
>thought it was a good idea.  People could get the idea of what it was
>like riding the Tevis trail after dark, in race conditions.  Is that
>still happening?



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