trails for your horse

[carmen]

I was reading up on this today and it looks like there are a ton of places on the east coast that let you have wagon trails. Most are like safari rides that you pay for but I wonder are there any places where if you do not have the land and you want to take your hose out, you could rent time in one of these parks?

[ppine]

Seek out public land and ride for free. Make friends with people and ride on their private land for free, maybe in exchange for some help. If you live in a rural area, ride along the roads and expose your horse to traffic, motorcycles, bikes, dogs, goats, donkeys, and llamas.

[Grandpa]

A number of years ago, a rancher died and his widow had a herd of cattle to deal with. I was talked into a 2 year lease until she had time to make some decisions. As it was just a few days before turning out onto public graze permits, I didn't have the infrastructure to move that herd the 15 miles from the home ranch to the BLM canyon. So I put out the word and sure enough, had about 20 wannabe cowboys and cowgirls show up for an old fashioned cattle drive. Everyone had a ball and I had plenty of volunteers all summer whenever riding needed to be done. WIN WIN

[ppine]

Grandpa,

Your story is a good one, and reveals the western values that livestock people treasure.

[dinosaur]

Yeehah! I would have done it gladly.