Jim has been diligently sanding, sawing, and pounding away
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| New floor boards and repaired walls in the horse compartment! |
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New floor secured with carriage bolts instead of
weenie little rusty screws in the tack room! |
...and I have been thinking about Renegade Rendezvous.
For many years, the Haiku Farm calendar has centered on Renegade: work weekends in May, and a long week (or more) in camp, often without cell reception (or showers), to make, mend, and mark trails before the endurance ride.
We're almost ready to leave for camp again. A short journey, this time, as the ride is under new management and they have their own chainsaw crew. But we will be useful, as usual, and we will soak up the beauty of the trails while we're there.
But today, I'm stuck at work. The library is really busy during the summer (yay!) but during the dinner hour, there's nobody here but staff...which gave me lots of time to go mooning through old pictures of Renegade.
Here are some of my favorites from years gone by.
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Early morning crew meeting (BACON!) 2010
Gail, me, Mike, Jim, Will |
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Afternoons in the shade, with dogs.
Madeline, Huey (dog), Luna (dog), Jim, Will, (dog??) Jennifer, Ryan, Jill, Mimsy (dog) 2010 |
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Yes, Jim was a rider before he became the Ultimate Good Crew Guy!
And see how young Hana looks, too! (2010) |
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| I never get tired of "ears at the bottom" pictures here. (2011) |
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| Some years we find morels! Mimsy and me, 2011 |
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| Gail and me, 2011 |
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| Trail Crew: me, Jim, Dave, Will, Lisa (I think Sirie took the picture) 2012 |
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| Becky and Sirie and Betsy (quad) 2012 |
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| Patty, Sirie, Luna (dog), Meagan, 2012 |
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Monica shot the majority of photos for Endurance 101 at Renegade.
Here, Dennis shows how to teach a horse to cross water, and Monica put the picture in the book. 2012 |
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| Post-ride crew, tired, dirty, happy. Gail, Duana, Meahan, Patty, Sirie, me, 2012. |
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| I love bringing new kids to camp! Cassidy, Zach, David, and Gail 2013. |
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| Cassidy and Kayla (horse), 2013. |
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| The photo stump on the top loop above Vetcheck 2. Sirie, Gail, Monica, Jim and me, 2013. |
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| The Dragon, ready to mark trails. 2013 |
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| Funder and the Dragon! 2013 |
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| Fixing a creek crossing. Mike, (??Marty's dog), Gail, Jim, Marty, 2015 |
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| That was the time it got really warm. (2015) |
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| Teaching the new dog to cool off in the creek: Luna, Roo, Foxie Loxie |
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| Jim, Henry, and Yolanda (quad) 2015 |
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| Ready to mark trails: me, Dragon (horse), Patty, Ariana (horse) 2015 |
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| The Dragon in shade, 2015 |
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| More trail marking! Me, Dragon (horse), Gail, Destry (horse) |
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| Relaxing in our little pool. Me and Patty 2015 |
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| Ride day! Duana and Hana (horse), 2015 |
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| Home sweet orange tent. Roo (dog), Jim, Foxie Loxie (dog) 2016 |
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| You can always find my rig in camp if you look for the flags. 2016 |
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| More "ears at the bottom", 2016 |
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| "that year the flies were really bad" the Dragon wore ALL the clothes. 2016 |
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| Jim takes the flag out for a spin on Yolanda, 2016 |
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| Marking trail again, 2016 |
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| The Lumberjanes: me, Patty, Anne-Marie and Duana (Meagan took the picture) |
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The Lumberjane Trail: this rotted tree had broken off from the root, and "hopped" into the trail. It was too dangerous
to move the tree, so we moved the trail. This is the "before" picture. |
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| The Lumberjane Trail, the "after" picture. 2016. |
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| View of camp from the trail above. 2016 |
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| "That time we drew on the horses with sidewalk chalk." 2016 |
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| Henry and Jack (dog) 2017 |
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| Hat full 'o' breakfast morels, 2017 |
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| Trail marking again, Hana and Dragon 2017 |
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| "That time a band of 3,000 sheep ran through camp and trapped Henry and Patrick in their tent." 2017 |
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| Trail Crew: Sirie, Josh, Jim, Tuffy (dog), Mike, Gail, Tigger (dog), Patrick, Henry, 2017 |
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| Mike and Tuffy, 2017 |
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| Marking trails again, 2017 |
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| Marking trails, 2017 |
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| Jim and Foxie in camp, 2017 |
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| Trail, 2017 |
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| Trail, 2017 |
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| Trail, 2018 |
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| Trail, 2018 |
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| Trail, 2018 |
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| Trail, 2018 |
I'm really excited to go to this ride now that I'm back in Washington! It'll have to be next year though, we're in the throes of moving in to the house! I hope you have a great time there!
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