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Well well well...what a year we’ve had!TraiL TalkTraiL Talk

Well well well...what a year we’ve had!Turkey day has come and gone. RRT conquered Indian Canyon and we will

have a first ever “walk at the Mission Inn.” Elana has secured an expansion of ourcommunity out reach by coupling RRT with the City of Jurupa Valley for the“Adopt a Family Program.” RRT has been invited to join some of the caravan’sthroughout the community where RRT and other riding clubs will be bringing theequestrian spirit along with the Christmas spirit to the residence of Jurupa Valley.

This year has been simply amazing for RRT. The highest ever “new member”sign ups at the Prize Ride, brave souls agreeing to camp at Danielson withoutany information as to what we would find there. Then RRT embraced the “walkat Forest Falls” with a fun turnout and great lunch, no horses but dogs of everysize and color.

We had new leadership at the top (me), new leadership at the Prize Ride(Vicki), new leadership on certain trail rides (Char and Tara). IN addition to allthe ol’ Tried and True Diane, Sue Z. and Sue S. Lisa, Gene, and my dear friendand the amazing “Co-Trail Boss,” Russell Grace.

We had personal triumph and tragedy within our ranks and hosted a booth atthe Jurupa Rodeo (happy to see the Rodeo return to Jurupa), thanking the Edgarsand the Murphy’s for their support on the booth effort. We even attempted aparade to salute the Veterans in the City of Riverside, but the rain dictated thatwe “throw in the towel.”

We changed monthly meeting times and locations, had a new T-shirt design.We had volunteers take over when officer positions remained open (thank youSandye). Kris Brooks, always there to keep us on track while he worked.

We had themed rides (no weiners for whinners).. and come as you are rides.

By Kimberlie HallRRT President

SecretaryOPEN...Sandye CiprianTemporary VolunteerTreasurerGene [email protected]

Trail CoordinatorSusan [email protected] CommitteeLisa & Jay [email protected]

Newsletter EditorDiane [email protected] [email protected]

PresidentKimberlie [email protected] PresidentLisa [email protected]

ParliamentarianKris [email protected] WranglerSusan [email protected]

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RRTNEWSLETTER

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Merry Christmas &Happy New Year

275th Edition • December 2016

We will be taking Nomination and Votingfor the 2017 Officers at the December

meeting. Mark your calendar and joinus at the Decembwer meeting and vote.

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December & JanuaryBirthday’s!

Smile...It’s your Birthday!

RRT’ers Wish you a Happy Birthday!

RRT Editor would like to have you on ourBirthday list. Please send to RRT Editor at

[email protected] or call 951.359.8333

Bob CatesRichard Chanbas

Ernie HolguinStacy LenihanJackie Leopard

Happy Late Birthday to PatKnudson I missed in November

Judy LuceMya MaglebyBrian Motley

Robert SouthernCindy White

20162016201620162016 CCCCCalendar of alendar of alendar of alendar of alendar of EEEEEvvvvventsentsentsentsents

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DISCOUNT ~ DISCOUNT ~ DISCOUNTShow your membership card at any of the following and receive a discount from these merchants:Pedley Vet Supply, Raincross Cyclery, Linda’s Feed, Prado Tack & Apparel & Thrifty Horse.We appreciate their support for everything they do (donate prizes, let us place fliers in their stores, etc.),so make it a point to patronize these merchants. By working together we can make a difference.

Visit their website: www.thriftyhorse.com • www.pedleyvetsupply

Dec. 13 RRT General Meeting JoJo’s Pizza KitchenDec. 17 Christmas Party & Potluck Janet Backer

We have swelled in our ranks to include folks fromOrange County, Los Angeles County and the Desert. Wehave expanded our “photos of rides” to include videos, allintended to encourage those who choose to stay home tosaddle up and “join up.” I still owe a video on IndianCanyon - will try to get that done.

Our last ride was filled with wonder and blessings andturkey left overs. Our newsletter has been incredible (andyou know who you are). This year we started the “whoknew” articles to identify some of the “secret lives” of ourfellow members. More people got involved in thenewsletter by contributing to the “tag your it” section, ineffect putting their own “flavor” into the newsletter.

I can’t possibly tell you all how blessed I have been to beyour President. The support shown me by the club has beenremarkable. With US Presidential elections all buttoned up- we move to the more important (lol) election of RRTofficers for 2017. I encourage everyone to hold up andsupport those who choose to step up and take on the joy andresponsibility of running this club. We will be doing NewYears Day Ride and Chili Cookoff at Chino Hill’s this year- be there or be square.

Don’t miss the Christmas party. Seems if you don’t showup..well..we will just choose to talk about you..and if thereisn’t anything bad or interesting to say about you.. well..wewill just make something up.. and you know how I can be!Bring it on 2017!

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That’s All Folks!!!

Riverside Recreational Trails continues togrow and we are happy to welcome you to RRT!

Renewals due in JanuaryAlana BarnesVicky DielemanPat Gesler Al & Denise Hawkins Ronele Hicks

Ernie HolguinJim SalzbrunnMarty SalzbrunnLinda LoweJudy Luce

Keats BakerLaura BussellHelma Bernardini

Renewals due in Decemberthis will be your Last Newsletter

Joe & Sandye CiprianRon McCoy

Welcome Back...Valerie BurtKimberlie HallBill HarrisonPat KnudsonTrisha Long

Sandy RamsdellElana RiedelCraig & Diane ThorpeSusan Zurawik

Welcome Back...Valerie BurtKimberlie HallBill HarrisonPat KnudsonTrisha Long

Sandy RamsdellElana RiedelCraig & Diane ThorpeSusan Zurawik That’s All Folks!!!

The 2017 Calendar will be posted next month

Lets see a Cowboy Recipe, Article, or a storythat reflects a little bit about you and yourhorse with pictures in the Next Newsletter.Send to: Diane Thorpe, RRT Newsletter EditorE-mail: [email protected] or mail10705 Cypress Ave • Riverside, CA 92505

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New Year Ride - Lake Perrishttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTOXz_-rz04

Matt Merrill - Hidden Valley Highlighthttps://m.youtube.com/

watch?v=tamcxD5Ka5U&feature=youtu.beO’Neill Park Campover

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pSCFYrYvpQSanta Rosa Plateau

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QjmE0U71iUVern Whitaker - Anza Borrego Pre-Ridehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WH3DYvYvA9w

In-N-Out Burger Ridehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRX3r2YGpEc

Take a look see what our talented President Kimberliehas been up to in her spare time. She has done a

tremendous job with these videos for RRT!

Tag your it ...Whats coming up in the newsletters next month?

“YOU HAVE BEEN TAGGED”

Gotcha!Cricket MouwDiane Pitzler

I have been a member of RRT for quitea while now. I have enjoyed being amember of RRT and love helping with the annual PrizeRide each year. I haven’t been able to participate in themonthly rides. (I belong to 2 other clubs) Los MontadosRiding Club and the Maywood Rod & Gun Club, buthoping I will be able to attend some this coming year. Ihave a 14 year old Missouri Fox Trotter “JJ” who is 16.2hands and is a very good boy. I have enjoyed the 7 years

I’ve had with him so far andlook forward to many manymore trail adventures with allthe fine people in the clubs Ibelong to. Many thanks to allof you who put so much timeand effort in this club. I would like to share arecipe with you all.

Hi my name isVicky Dieleman

Cowboy CaviarIngredients1 (11oz) can corn. Drained & rinsed1 (15oz) can Black beans. Drained & rinsed1 (15oz) can Black eye peas. Drained & rinsed1 (10oz) can Rotel tomatoes w/green chili’s, undrained2 ripe avocados2/3 cup red onion, diced¼ cup olive oil¼ cup red wine vinegar2 cloves garlic, minced¾ tsp cumin2/3 cup cilantro1 tsp salt½ tsp ground pepperLime juiceCombine all ingredients, adding avocado last andtoss gently. Serve with chips and enjoy!

Gotcha!

Great for yourChristmas orNew Years Party!

NEW Club NEW Club NEW Club NEW Club NEW Club TTTTT-----ShiShiShiShiShirrrrrtststststsWe have a New Teal Club T-Shirtwith “SAVE ALL OUR TRAILS”on the front & logo on back.I will have them at the meetingor call at 951.359.8333Thanks, Diane Thorpe

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TAG YOUR IT !Vicky Dieleman was tagged to do anarticle this month in the Newsletter...Thank You, Vicky for sending in anarticle and recipe.

TAG YOUR IT !

Of the 14 individualcampsites in the eques-trian loop at Green ValleyHorse Camp, 12 werereserved and filled withRRT members! Site 9,Dwayne and Lee Gleason,

even opened their extra parking spot up to Gary Peterswho came up for the day! Campers started arrivingThursday, October 20th, with the majority leaving Sunday,October 23 rd. The weather was great. Thursday/Fridayhad highs in the low 80’s during the day and 50’s duringthe night. Saturday /Sunday highs were only in the 70’s!And although it rained backhome, we had dry campingweather. Friday night was an“anyone welcome” campfireat President Kimberly Hall’scampsite and Saturday was theRRT group Pot Luck Dinnerbetween Susan Zurawick andChar Schramm’s campsites.Everyone out did themselveswith their homemade favorites as well as local pies.Although I did not count, campers from all but one non-

RRT/horse campsiteshowed up! After-wards we started thecampfire and visited…some later thanothers! After dark,we even had somewild animals comethru trying to scareeveryone!

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Cuyamaca Rancho State ParkGreen Valley Campground

October 21-23, 2016at the

Friday we had several groups goout riding on their own. My ride withthe Gleason’s, Susan Zurawik andmy girlfriends Linda and Jenniferwas especially nice. I took a wrongturn, and we chose to cross thehighway at an “uncommon” location

just add-ing to thefun! As weleft camp, we enjoyed three wildturkeys coming thru to drink.There were not many campers atthat time, however, when wereturned, it was filling up fast. Itwas fun to go thru and meet/greet everyone. As I had notdone a lot with RRT, it wasespecially nice for me.

Saturday morning everyone riding the group ridegathered and we headed out. This was my first “official”trail boss ride. I told Karina and CiCi they could lead the

way on their fast movinggaited horses as long as Icould tell them where togo. That is always fun!My quarter horse walkedout also, so we had a fewslower riders furtherback. As we came tointersections, we waitedfor everyone to group up.

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Sent in by

Trail Boss, Char Schramm

Scary Liz& Cricket

Kimberlie

CiCi & Karina leadingthe riders out!

Fortunately for me, Gene Staufferis an experienced trail boss andkept me on track! Thanks for allyour help Gene! We started out the Arroyo SecoFire Road, but quickly cut acrossto the West Side Trail. We cameacross several bicyclists on itwith only one horse giving aslight reaction. Janet Backer gavethose watching a demo of howeasy it is to mount from the

ground when you are skinny! I’m jealous… We crossedHighway 79 at the Cold Spring Trailhead and thenstopped and watered the horses at the equestrian water

trough maintained by thepark. We met a couplefrom Temecula there whowere Mounted AssistanceUnit riders for the park.Then we headed to theVisitor ’s Center for a

people break. They havepicnic tables, hitchingposts, restrooms and anature center / gift shop.The Nature Center had lotsof hides you could feel and

try on. The volunteersthere do a lot with theschool children and arevery entertaining. Afterour break we took theEast Side Trail back tocamp crossing under the79 at the Sweetwater DayParking lot. On that last section, Karina, CiCi, Lisa (allon gaited horses), Russell and I took the “high trail”(Juaquapin) while Gene ensured the rest of the group See Cuyamaca...Continued on page 6

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stayed together. Russell and I trotted some, but had notrouble keeping up with those gaited girls! We endedup catching the tail end of the others at the underpass.What a wonderful group of riders. Although I am suresome of them were on slower horses, they all seemed toenjoy the ride. Helma stated it very well in that grouprides are not always the speed your horse travels (hers isslow), but still fun! I was so impressed with the funattitude of all the riders. AND, we did not have any horsesout of control or causing issues! What a great group ofRRT riders!!!

Sunday morning Karina and CiCi were up in the darkand rode out to watch the Sunrise. They showed up backin camp about 8:30 as Lisa, Linda and I were just headedout for our loop to Dyar Spring. Gene/Susan, Helma andSue Z. also rode. When we got back, the campgroundwas emptying fast. We had a nice lunch with Lisa andRonele before they headed home.

The weekend was AWESOME, and if you were notthere, you really missed out. I say we do this again inthe spring and enjoy some wildflowers with our riding!

Susan was actinglike Lioness, butGene made her purrlike a kitten.Karina & CiCi hadfun trying on thehides too!

With Char, CiCi and Karina out front the groupis headed out to explore the sites at Cuyamaca.

Janet you cando it!


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Char, Lisa &Linda wantedto see if theycould try somerock climbingfor a change.


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Here are some great picturesof the ladies’ at Cuyamaca.

Sue Z

Char &Helma

Char & Helma

Jennifer

Char & Helma

Kimberlie

Lisa

Leigh

Liz

Char & Linda

CiCi & Karina

Susan S

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Everyone enjoying the rideand taking a rest stop at thewatering hole.

Gene & Garywaiting for theriders.

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Cricket taking herlittle pig for a walk.

Karina, CiCi& Kimberliehaving lunchin Julian.

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CiCi, Liz& Cricket.

Crickettaking a restwith her dog.

Everyoneenjoying thePot Luck atthe campsite.

Dwayne & Leigh.

Char, Janet,Lisa & thegroup.

John fixin’some vittles.

Gary Trout& the group.

Did someone say“POT LUCK?”

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Gavilan HillsDay Trail Ride

Sunday • November 13, 2016

Gavilan HillsDay Trail Ride

Sunday • November 13, 2016

Sent in by Trail Boss

Lisa Murphy


We had a fabulousride in Gavilan Hills,also known as Har-ford Springs CountyPark. We had 14riders come out toride on a beautifulNovember day. Theweather was nice,not too warm andcool breezes throughthe canyons, andclear blue skies.We met in the nice staging area at Gavilan Hills Market, and headedout. Great rocks and formations and lovely views to enjoy as werode along. We rode to a lookout point where we could see LakeMathews, the community of Woodcrest and the San GabrielMountains beyond. Nice picture spot in front of rocks that lookedlike a hawk or eagle.Small songbirds, scrub jays, crows, and hawks were enjoying thebreezes, and we saw some really big jack rabbits bounding away. Iwant to return in Spring when there are wildflowers, or maybe a sunsetride when there will bea full moon!

We wandered thevalleys and ridges, andadmired the quartzstones and wondered ifthere was still gold tobe found in “them tharhills.” We found a shadyspot back at the trailersto enjoy lunch togetherbefore loading up andheading home.

Trail Boss Lisa

Char

Gene

Sue Z

Pat Knudsen, Dwayne, Leigh Gleasonwith Page, Janet Backer & Kathy Edgar.

Lisa & Sue Z,co-trail bosspre-ridingthe trail.

Day After Thanksgiving RidePalms Springs at Indian Canyon

Friday • November 25, 2016

We had 10 folks show up and 9 riders. Bill Buehl brought a young friend named

Michael - Michael should be joining RRTshortly. Michael is said to ride “more than” Billand seemed to do very well on the trail.

The trail was a combination of boring andspectacular. Amazing Grace (the starved rescue)led the ride like a champ. Russel Grace can takecredit for getting her ready. Lisa and Vickitrailered in together and were the glue that heldthe whole deal together. Sandy and Trish alsocame with one of them riding out on a spectacularpaint horse.

A fabulous human being “Vincent” followedup by text to make sure that the ride was still on.He really should be the subject of a “who knew”article. Vincent is so pleasant and positive andtook on as the “Prayer Warrior” as we all felt itwas a good idea to invite God to protect us all onthe ride.

Russel’s Buttercup, a trooper as always, justcoming back from an injury. Vicki and Lisa tookthe group out on a “second leg” of the trail and Iam informed that it was quite “exciting.”

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Sent in by Trail BossKimberlie Hall

Russell, Bill & Michael

Kimberlie

Vicki

Michael

Bill

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Everyone survived but Bill thought itwas a litte “too exciting.”

The weather was perfect, the RRT groupwas a perfect mix. Gary brought his steadystead and visited quite awhile waiting forthe “second leggers” to return. AmazingGrace ended the day with a spactaculardisplay of how not to act while being loadedin the trailer. We all left Palms Springshaving had a great time. If you missed thisone - you really missed a good one.

SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TOVICKI AND LISA WHO MANNED

THE CAMERA!!!Check the Calendar for next year and

make sure you don’t miss out again.

Sandy

Vicki,Bill &Michael

Kimberliecheckingout theriders.

Lisa inthe rocksagain!

Vincentenjoyingthe ride.

Vicki,Sandy &Vincent

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