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PTSC sponsored
Trail Rides
Leanna can be reached via email or
by phone at 816-258-1973
I hope everyone is ready for
the busy horse season! We are hoping
to have a lot of new trail rides this year.
We will schedule around the PTSC and 4-H shows, so, no worries
there. If you have any dates you want
to suggest or where to go just give me a call or e-mail me. We can put our heads together and get the
trail season started. If anyone can
think of any places to go on our rides let me know.
June 21st is going to be the official first trail ride of the year. Leanna will be there around 1:00 pm. Everyone is more than welcome to get out
there earlier and start riding if you would like. The group trail ride will be from 1:00 to 6:00. Around 5:00 we would like to have a PTSC
dinner and are asking everyone to bring two covered dishes to the outing. If you have anything that needs a
refrigerator let Leanna know. We will
have hamburgers and hot dogs so let Leanna know how many members you are
bringing. Remember that it is a PTSC
member’s only trail ride. Anyone can
come and join that day, we will have member sign up forms available.
It
is going to be a great show-trail-clinic year. Everyone has some great ideas
going on. I just can’t wait! Happy trails to all, Leanna Rhodelander.
Mark your calendars for our 2008 Trail Rides
June 21 at Hillsdale Lake.
To reserve a camping spot call 1-913-783-4595
July 19 at Blue and Gray Park in Lone Jack
Primitive camping sites. You have to have a sticker for the Jackson County
Parks on your trailer. To reserve a camping spot call
1-816-503-4805.
August ?? – Anyone have any ideas for August ?
September 26, 27, 28 at Berry Bend in Warsaw, MO
Click here for the Berry Bend website.
Leanna will be there Friday thru Sunday. If anyone
wants to come early that would be great!
Call 1-877-444-6777 to make reservations.
2008 PTSC 4th Annual End of Year Trail
Ride
October 18 at Hillsdale Lake in Kansas
Click here for Trail
Ride Information for Hillsdale Lake
Note: These dates could change due to the weather. Please check back
here for more information. We may have a potluck dinner at the trail rides,
please bring a dish or two. We also need donations for prizes for the 4th
Annual End of Year Trail Ride.
Our 2007 Trail Ride Was a SUCCESS and a lot of FUN!
On
October 6, 2007 we had our 3rd Annual Trail Ride and BBQ at Hillsdale Lake's
Saddle Ridge Equestrian Camp. Over 65 club members and guests rode the trails
picking up cards for their best poker hand. We had lots of winners and many
incredibly good poker hands! We also enjoyed BBQ from Hillsdale BBQ and then
it was time to put on poker faces for our sponsor gifts.
Thanks to everyone who attended. PTSC members make this event a lot of
fun! Please email
Leanna any information or photos that you have regarding this trail ride or
suggestions for 2008.
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The below information was found on a Trail
Riding site.
One of our
favorite places to camp and trail ride is at a Lonesome D in Arkansas. www.lonesomed.com.
This horse camp is located east of Fort Smith, AR, near the small town of New
Blaine, AR, 20 miles south of I-40. It currently has over 30 sites, all with water
and electricity hookups. They do not provide meals at this camp, but there
are some restaurants that are not too far. They have outside stalls for your
horses. They have modern bath/toilet facilities and easy access to over 75
miles of horse trails that wind through the Ozark-St. Francis National
Forest. Most trails are well groomed and are comprised of old logging roads
and cut trails that wind through some of the most scenic country that the
mid-west has to offer. There are several overlooks on these trails with views
of the Ouachita Mountains, Big Shoal Creek and rocky bluffs. You could ride
these trails for a full week and ride a different trail every day. Traveling
from east or west, exit I-40 at Clarksville, onto HWY 164 west. Then take
State Hwy 109 south about 13 miles to State Hwy 22. Turn left and travel
about 2.5 miles. Lonesome D Camp sign is on the right at Cravens Road.
Campground approx. 2 miles on Craven Road. Well worth the visit! We have
found that there are a lot of flies in camp, so be sure to take a good fly
swatter and lots of fly spray. Once you are out on the trails, the flies are
not a problem.
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We have ridden a couple of times at Cedar Lake in Oklahoma.
It has a great campground and a lot of good trails. I also copied the
following from www.horseandmuletrails.com
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Cedar Lake Campground, Ouachita National Forest
Heavener: 70 miles of trail, over 50 campsites, water, electricity, and
showers. It has beautiful scenery, up
to 9 different trails in various lengths and difficulty. The campground
itself is like a “Holiday Inn” for horse campers. Very nice bathhouse, sites
are level, very, very nice. I would recommend this place to anyone. The link to the Ouachita National Forest
Web Page Ouachita
National Forest . Phone
918-653-2991 or 1-877-444-6777
Horse Heaven Ranch Resort
Another place to we have trail rode and camped in Oklahoma was as Horse
Heaven Ranch Resort, which is near Talihina, OK. It is privately owned and
has very nice camping facilities. There are even some nice cabins for rent
here if you do not have your own camping gear. There are several miles of
trails that wind through the Ouachita Mountains in SE Oklahoma. http://www.horseheavenranchresort.com/
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THANK YOU SPONSORS!
You are a huge part of our success year after year
2007,
3rd Annual
PTSC Trail Ride Sponsors
Bitless Bridle
Diamond Wool Pad Company
The Distance Depot
Horse Lover's Outlet
Easycare
Email:
Equine
Sports Massage Therapy
Manna Pro
Mrs. Pastures Cookies for Horses
Jackson County Parks, Blue & Gray Park
State Parks in Kansas
Hillsdale Lake
Clinton
Lake
El
Dorado (N. of Wichita, KS)
James
A. Reed
Knob Noster State Park
Missouri
Equestrian Trail Guide
Horse and
Mule Trails
Smithville Lake
Buffalo
National River - Arkansas
Berry Bend -
Missouri
Missouri State
Parks – Kansas City area
Missouri State
Parks - Lake Region
Watkins Woolen Mill
State Park
Horse & Mule Trails in
Missouri
Missouri Trailblazing
website
Eminence, MO Cross Country Trail Ride http://www.crosscountrytrailride.com/
“A horse is a thing of such beauty… none will
tire of looking at him as long as he displays himself in his splendor.” –
Xenophon
“All animals, except man, know that the principle business of life is to
enjoy it.”
– Samuel Butler
“A man must ride alternately on the horses of his private and public nature…
or plant one foot on the back of one, and the other foot on the back of the
other.
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Horse sense is the thing a horse has, which
keeps it from betting on people.”
- W. C. Fields
“They say princes learn no art truly, but the art
of horsemanship. The reason is, the brave beast is no flatterer. He will
throw a prince as soon as his groom.”
– Ben Johnson
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