The Felix Walter Memorial FoxTROT National Trail Ride
took place June 19-23 at beautiful Orchard Cove Stables in the Great Smoky
Mountains of East Tennessee. This trail ride was renamed this year in honor of
Felix Walter, who we lost last November. Felix was an original member of
FoxTROT and Sam Gerhardt brags on how much Felix and Rose means to the group.
It was an honor to be able to participate in this trail ride.
FoxTROT once again had a multi-state assemblage of riders
with the states of Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Georgia and Tennessee represented.
Orchard Cove was sold out well in advance of the trip and was filled to
capacity with horses and riders alike. On Thursday, the group took the familiar
trek up the hill and into the Great Smoky Mountains National Park to ride the
School House Gap Trail. On Friday, the first round of loading the trailers with
horses and cars with people was completed with the destination being the back
side of Cades Cove to make the ride up to Gregory Bald. On Saturday, the
trailers were loaded once again and the group was off to Tremont to ride the
loop. After riding up the mountain at Tremont and a stop to walk to the
waterfall, one group began the return trip back the same trail while the other
group continued up and over the mountain to complete the loop. We easily could
have done without the axle failure on the one horse trailer, but the important
thing was everyone made it back safely.
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| The Great Smokey Mountains!!!! |
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| The Moore's from Illinois |
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| The Campground |
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| Sam telling them to pack them in a little tighter we got to get 2 more horses on this rig! |
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| Loaded and ready to ride |
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| Our Fearless Leader Sam Gerhardt |
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| Earl Hughes |
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| The caravan heading to the mountain |
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| Driving the loop at Cades Cove |
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| Getting unloaded and ready to mount up! |
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| Rose Walter and Lea Valentine |
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| On the trail |
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| John Brandreth |
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| Lea Valentine |
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| Rose Walter |
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| Earl Hughes |
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| The Doc |
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| Megan Creswell |
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| Chip Creswell |
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| Art Moore |
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| Chris Moore |
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| Mary Moore |
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| Sam Gerhardt |
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| Gene Nix |
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| Sandy Nix |
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| Terry Messex |
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| The Smokies! |
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| Orchard Cove Stables |
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| The Tremont Loop |
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| Samm Riggin |
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| Tremont Outfall |
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| Tremont Waterfall |
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| The Creek at Tremont |
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