Trail Rides

The NYS Plantation Walking Horse Club Presents:
A MEMBERS ONLY Summer Ride Trail Ride at Tuller Hill Horse Trail System

July 30 – August 1, 2010

Here’s a chance for you to see the new parking area our club coordinated getting put in and we’ll be riding the trails

that our club along with other horse people have been clearing. Come try out the trails and see what’s been done.

Friday, July 30
• Set up camp, ride if time,
• 6:30 pm Pot Luck. Bring a dish to pass

Saturday, July 31
• 9:30 a.m. Set to ride - Can ride with Wayne or delegate who knows the trails or maps are available for
those that want to explore
• 6:30 p.m. Pot Luck (whatever’s left from Friday night). **** Please bring $2.00 per person towards
hotdogs/hamburgs and rolls.

Sunday, Aug 1
• 9:30 a.m. Hit the trails.
• Depart for home

Headquarters: Clute Road, Virgil, NY. (see directions below)

Facilities: Other then water provided for the horses – there are no facilities. Rustic camping – no bathrooms.
Wayne will provide a fire ring and a wood barbeque. We’re parking in their back field which connects to the trail
system. Tie to your trailer, setup a picket between two trailers or put up a portable paddock (which you must
provide) – there are no pastures to put your horses in.

BRING: Pot Luck items, your own table setting and drinks, lawn chairs and anyone that has a portable table – that
would be helpful. Also – bring cards – if anyone is interested – some card games can be set up.
Remember to keep the grounds clean, carry out what you carry in.

Our insurance covers only club members. Therefore, anyone attending this ride must be a club member. ($10 will
give you an Associate Membership.)
No sign-up required – but a courtesy call to Wayne/Kate on attendance would be appreciated.

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Current Coggins and Rabies Certificate are required for all equines!

Directions: This is up a steep hill – whichever way you go in – however, the Blodgett Mills road is much steeper.
Once at Wayne’s go up the driveway – between the barn and the house and follow the lane (dirt) around up into the
back pasture.

From the South:
• From I-81 N take Exit 9 toward US-11/Marathon
• Follow US-11 North (towards Cortland)
• Turn LEFT onto NY-392 (signs to Greek Peak)
• (4.8 mi) Turn SHARP RIGHT onto CLUTE RD
• (2.4 mi on the left at the top of the hill) End at 2769 Clute Rd, Cortland, NY 13045-9702

From the North:
• From I-81 S Take Exit 10, US-11 S
• Turn LEFT onto US-11
• Turn RIGHT onto BLODGETT MILLS RD/CR-121A
• 0.3 mi - Turn LEFT onto CLUTE RD
• On right - End at 2769 Clute Rd Cortland, NY 13045-9702

2010 Rides

6/4-6 - Spring Fling - Otter Creek Trail System

7/30-8/1 - Summer Ride - Tuller Hill Trail System

10/1-3 - Fall Foliage Ride - Brookfield Trail System

2009 Trail Reports

Otter Creek - June

Pictures

I truly think the proper word to use is WOW!!! I don’t remember ever seeing so many rigs or horses at Otter Creek. The first level was full, the second level was full, the third level was full and the overflow was overflowing. We were actually stacked on top of one another. The dish-to-pass on Friday night was the best. Boy, are we good cooks or what? We served 92 dinners on Saturday night, which is twice the norm. Steve’s demonstration on the one rein stop was the best. And of course, our tribute to Erica was warm and tender as it should have been. We were dressed in purple and teal and many wore their hippie beads and jewelry. Beth gave a beautiful toast in Erica’s honor; and yes we miss her but she is where she needs to be at this time as are we.

Friday evening brought Mr. Fred Monk, head forester at Otter Creek, to our dish-to-pass dinner. Our club donated six wheelbarrows to Otter Creek, which he gratefully accepted. It was our honor and privilege to have him attend. Deepest thanks to Wayne, Harold and Kenny for putting the wheelbarrows together. Special thanks to Allan and Elissa for purchasing and bringing them to Otter Creek. We truly do have a wonderful, giving and caring club.

YAHOO! Once again, the weather was perfect, the company the best and the food superb! The Trailside located in Brantingham catered our Saturday evening BBQ chicken dinner. Their professionalism and easy-to-work-with manner made my job a whole lot easier. Plans are already in the mix to have them again next year. They did a terrific job.

Thank You Note from Rose Z of New England

At Otter Creek, Rose, who was camping nearby was hospitalized with a heart problem. She wrote to thank our members for
their kindness at that time. I sent her a nice reply, and forwarded the note to Ruth & Harold, Nancy and Kaye.

“Hi,

I would like to pass on how nice it was to share the camping area with your members during the first week of June. Unfortunately, I spent five days in the hospital due to chest pains and subsequent heart procedure. Everyone's concern and consideration for both my husband and I and our horses was appreciated. Specifically, Ruth & Harold went way out of their way to assist us on that Saturday. It was great getting to know them albeit it under such stressful conditions.

I do wish that I remembered their last name and knew their mailing address so I could send them a personal thank you
card.

Happy Trails!
Rose

Tuller Hill Summer Ride - August

Pictures

The first “official” ride at the Tuller Hill system we have worked on for the past three years was held August 21-23. We had 20 riders, and pot-luck dinners both Friday and Saturday nights. (Our newest member sure can cook!) There were 26 people at Saturday’s dinner, including Les Jenke and his wife. Les has been the contractor on the job.

Saturday night we also had a corn husking party, supervised by Julie Lonnberg. The results were much appreciated by the horses.

The youngest rider was 4 years old and the oldest was 83. We’re not sure about the youngest and oldest horses, but that certainly shows that our Walkers can be enjoyed by all ages.

The trails were in fair to good condition, especially considering all the rain we’ve been having. We now have

new and improved maps of the trails, a great temporary sign at the parking area, and a mailbox to hold the trail maps. We have a few more trails to finish up. We have red, blue and yellow-marked trails. The red trails are done, and the yellow will be completed this year. The blue trails will be finished next year.

The red trail 1 is Les’s next project, which will be done in stages, because the ground is so wet. This will complete
our use of the grant funding we have received.

18th Annual Fall Ride - Brookfield - October

Pictures

Well we had another record number attending our fall ride despite the rainy weather. Everyone kept a happy face and we had many good laughs about "Brookfield Sunshine". It was a beautiful day on Saturday and the rain held off until

late in the night, so we had a wonderful dinner catered by Jeannie (with 73 attending) and most of us ate outdoors. The evening was cool and dry for our auction.

Financially our club broke all records: the Poker Run, chaired by Walt Farnholtz, made over $200 thanks to all the participants and the generosity of the winners who gave back their winnings to club. Our auction made over $1,300 --an all time high. The success of auction is a major group effort, starting with everyone who donated items to our large audience of bidders. I am sure I will forget someone but I would like to personally thank the guys who set up the sound system, lights, and arrange the tables and of course then they have to take everything down after the auction: Wayne, Ken, and Allan; our recorders and cashiers: Kaye, Allan, Nancy and Paulette, our spotters: Tom and Greg ; and new and remarkable auctioneers: Beth and Tom . Thank you, Thank you.

I personally had some great riding, the trails were good with some very wet spots, riding with good friends and good horses makes for short miles. I hope all attending had as much fun as I did.