Although it wasn’t an “official” club event, this last Friday, several members accepted Debby J.’s invitation to come out to her place and practice on her growing collection of trail obstacles. [slideshow] Thanks! Debby, and good luck next weekend at ACTHA’s “Ride for the Mustangs”. P.S. The very next day, Barb B. and Fannie garnered […]
This last week saw two long and at times difficult rides high into the hills surrounding the Valley. On Sunday, nine riders drove FOREVER! up, up, up the Reecer Creek drainage to a trailhead for the High Creek Trail. Paul R. was our guide, and he knew the area and it’s history well. What he
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Thursday, August 18th found a large group of 20 or so KVTR riders outside of Cle Elum at the Flying Horseshoe ranch. After a dusty ride, we rinsed off in the Teanaway River, only to get dusty again on the way back to the Ranch. But there were no regrets, as we then sat down
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Last Sunday’s annual Kittitas Valley Trail Riders potluck was one of the largest club functions ever! Counts varied from 52 to 54 attendees! The food was wonderful, and I went home so bloated I could hardly walk! Thanks to Everett and Carolyn for hosting–their place was well shielded from the wind by lovely trees, with
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John H. sent us this message. He has done some research and provides a link at the end to share the information he found. Thanks, John! On Wednesday morning, I was clearing a small irrigation ditch of baby cottonwoods, roses, and similar brush and encountered a clump of Water Hemlock. It was very healthy and
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Last Wednesday, 11 club riders headed out past Cle Elum, then Roslyn, then Ronald, then Salmon le Sac. Where were they headed? Out to the Alpine Lakes Wilderness area! We passed one other club member plus two of her friends, as we headed out and they headed in–she had had an appointment at the scheduled
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It was sunny, but there was a light breeze through the trees last Saturday, when 14 club members headed out from the Lower Elk Heights trailhead for the ridge overlooking the Taneum Canyon (and beyond!). [slideshow] Had one scary spook on the way back down, but horse and rider are both okay. Lunch in the
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Pat B. has drug a couple of folks (including yours truly) out to Joe Watt Canyon, on several occasions in the last week or so, to scout potential routes for the the Club. So this week’s ride was to…Joe Watt Canyon! From what I understand, she didn’t lead the group quite as far afield as
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I’ve been out of town for a couple of weeks, and from what I’ve heard, I missed several very nice rides. On July 13th, the group headed east to the Wild Horse Wind Farm. I received the following report for Sunday the 24th: “The ride at Kathy M.’s ranch was spectacular. Altho we started off
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A couple of events last week: First off, a few Club members made it to the Silver Ridge Ranch “Treasure Hunt” ride last Saturday–sort of a scavenger hunt on horseback. Then on Monday, Barb B. reports: “we had a great ride yesterday to Old #3 in Ronald. 12 of us gathered at the Cle Elum
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