Our VP, Lea Valentine, put together a great slide show from the Spring Trail Ride which is posted below. If you haven't taken a look, be sure to do so. Although it has taken me too long to make this post, I wanted to write a few lines.
The ride at Circle E Guest Ranch was unique in several ways. First, we had members to join us who have not been able to camp at our previous rides! Jaime Whiteaker and her trainer, John, brought 3 MFTs. They experienced what I call, "horse biscuits and butterflies". The "horse biscuits" was that Jaime's truck broke down on the long pull up the mountain on the way to camp. We were able to get the horses onto another trailer while she waited for a tow to the local Ford dealership. The "butterflies" was that Jaime and John were able to ride all week and enjoyed their time on the trail and around camp. Of course, getting the truck repaired and back to her was "butterflies"as well! Samara Riggins was able to camp with us, as well. She brought her dog, her rescue TWH (yes, we let her ride with our MFTs) and stayed in her new trailer. New FoxTROT members, Bob and Betty Wills, My wife's parents, also joined us. They came with one MFT and went home with two! They bought a 2 year old palomino gelding from Terry Messex. As Roy Rogers fans, they call him "Trigger". Of course the usual suspects were present, Terry Messex, Lea Valentine, The Crossville Bunch (Roger and Rhonda Wyatt, Freddie Whittenberg), and Deb and I. The second thing unique to the Spring Trail Ride was that this was our first organized ride at Circle E Guest Ranch. Last year we had to cancel out of Circle E because of the rainy weather. We were concerned about too wet trails again this year with all of the rain Nashville received. Fortunately, Circle E missed the rain and the trails were over all in good shape. You can ride at just about any preference level you like at Circle E. They have a great camp with lots of space. There are pics on the slide show posted below. Thirdly, the TWHBEA held an Extreme Cowboy Competition on Saturday. It was fun to watch the competitors navigate the osbstacles in the arena as shown in the photo. A young lady who won the Craig Cameron Extreme Cowboy Race was a competitor on her TWH black stallion. I think she placed second. We all had a wonderful time. I hope that all this info encourages you to come ride with FoxTROT so that you do not miss out!
Happy Trails,
Sam Gerhardt
President, FoxTROT
