XP Success!

On the Pony Trail near Ft.Schellbourne, Nv. Eowyn's first 50. Picture by Morgan G.W.

I will be doing lots of posts in the next while. Eow and I had a WONDERFUL XP and it was a smashing success for everything I had wanted to achieve with her there. Her blog will also double as my XP general blog. I'll try and decompress my experiences day by day and put them all together in some coherent blog form :) What and adventure it has been, and I am soooo not ready t rejoin the 'real world'... The gypsy life was so much simpler and less complicated and really was a great way to live, with getting from point A to point B and taking care of your horse(s) the primary goal. Much better than all the frivolous extra crap we try and fill the days with in this day and age and all the needless worries over stuff that really is not important. Food, water, and a place to camp for you and the critters...that is all that really mattered :) Kinda nice...
Anyway, will take this first post to say a HUGE thanks to those that made our trip possible....
Terri T. of course, since without her sharing the ride and having the rig, I'd not have been out there most likely. Anyone that can put up with me day in and day out for over two months in a small camper, deserves multiple gold stars ;)
Skode's Low Sugar Horse Treats for sponsoring Eowyn's electrolyte needs with the wonderful Salt Squares she makes (go check them out for these, and many other wholesome treats for your equine friends! http://www.skodeshorsetreats.com/)
The Duck and Annie and their XP crew, for all their hard work in setting up a trail/ride for us to all follow. I LOVE these rides and am a total Duckling...quack quack quack :) For info on other XP rides, go here.
And thanks to those riders who babysat me and Eowyn through many of the ride days.... It sure made riding a youngster SO much easier to have a good buddy along... Susan and Fame, Morgan and Beau (who got us through Eow's first 50!), Laney and Dino/Pip, and Maryanne and Beau/Sahara (who had to put up with us most often, I think).
Rick and Cindy...fellow riders/crew. Cindy was great at tracking down hay all the time and getting Rick talked into running a water truck. Rick was awesome in getting the water truck set up and spoiling us in camp with doorstep water deliveries. And on the trail, we'd have been lost (esp those of us without back country road capable rigs) without the wonderful water stops. And then to top it all off, he's a master mechanic, and got our (and likely half the camp's) truck fixed when it was in dire straits. THANK SO MUCH!!!
All the other wonderful crew ppl too, esp Dave Chaton, who graciously shared water or hay/mush/whatever with other riders when they saw us on the trail. It really was a team effort, and though some of us were a weaker link in the team than others, it was great spending 2 months out on the road with everyone and having one hell of an adventure! :):) We were all in it together, and most of us made it all the way to the end, in one form or other. Whoo hoo!!!