July President's Message
Jun 28, 02:53 PM
As I write this I am packing for a ride in Point Reyes and a stay at the Point Reyes Country Inn and Stables (A.K.A. the Barbie Barn). This is a very cool B & B with a charming house with suites for horse people couples and two mini suites, a bunk room and a great room over the barn. The latter has been dubbed the Barbie barn by stag horse gals going as a group and renting the whole shebang.
Five of us are on our way to the Barbie Barn. The floors are wide wood panels with a few gaps to the barn below. At night you can hear the horse blowing and stomping. The accommodations for horses and humans are comfortable and the staging areas are a short haul – Yep, a slice of heaven.
Closer to home we have had yet another fire in our area; livestock to evacuate. The good news is all effort to date has been successful with no loss of life. Many thanks to the emergency service organizations and a special note to Santa Cruz County Horsemen for all of their work.
Santa Cruz County Horsemen Association is hosting a large animal evacuation clinic on August 8th. For more information you can contact Debra Means. As a personal note to this: emergency evacuation is a tough business. The majority of the livestock
are not accustomed to loading in a trailer. You will have horses, cattle, goats, llamas… not our stock that gets in and out of a trailer on a regular basis. That said, the more of us that are ready and able the better.
So MBE’ers it is July and we have Jack Brook and Fall Creek with fine weather for riding and camping. The Salinas Rodeo is this month and for some giggles you can come on out and see yours truly working and hopefully penning some cattle.
I’ll see you on the trail
Maribeth
