Trail building equestrians of New Mexico

["marie_griffith" <marie_griffith AT q.com>]

How many miles do you think the trip will cover? And, how many hours in the saddle.

 

Marie

 

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From: treq-nm-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:treq-nm-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Debbie Spickermann
Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 7:51 AM
To: 'Trail building equestrians of New Mexico'
Subject: [TREQ-NM] Copper Canyon geology ride, Sunday Nov. 2

 

The date has been set, it is Nov 2 and the weather is supposed to stay mild through the weekend

The price is $20 and we will meet behind the Abiquiu Elementary School. Bring horse water (at your truck)

a lunch, and enjoy the views.

Our Geologist, Kirt Kempter, is from the Santa Fe Community College and has been mapping the area for the

USGS and is very knowledgeable about the area. Copper Canyon's claim to fame is the largest fossil insect ever

discovered is from there. While they don't have the actual insect, they have the footprints. It was something

like a centipede, six feet long and 2 feet around! The are many fossils in the canyon, copper mines, (which we'll

visit) Petroglyphs, and ruins. I don't know if we'll be able to see everything as the canyon is big and I don't know

how spread out everything is.

I will try to supply everyone with a map and some background info on the canyon for the trip. We are already up

to 25 riders,including the geo. I would like to see this become an annual event since there appears to be so much interest.

Please let me know if you plan to attend. Please use my email address for RSVP:

info AT equine-escapes.com

Thanks, and hope to see you there!

Debra Spickermann
Equine Escapes ,L.L.C.