Post by Dawn on Feb 11, 2009 0:26:08 GMT -5
anyone else hearing rumors again of the camp closing or the DNR building a new camp and shutting down the old one? Am seeing this on the MTRA board and trying to decide how accurate it is since there have been rumors of it for many years.
We know the fisherman don't like the horses crossing the river but while I support the MTRA the posts on the site disturb me a little as they propose leaving the current camp for just MTRA usage (because they put in the well and such) yeah but they use the camp a couple times a year and I know for a fact we are up there a half dozen times a summer I don't think any group or individual has a right to think of it as theirs exclusively. Heck Tim's folks helped with the camp and cut some of the trees for the original sites way back when and when he was a kid they went almost every weekend from spring to fall.. and rode 100's of miles (all uphill and barefoot if you ask tim and his brother...kids never appreciate the opportunities their parents provide, LOL). Shall we age him they say his mom went back to camping and carried him in a pouch in front of her and he is lets just say his early 40's working on mid 40's now. And his parents were riding there before he was ever thoght of, so just a couple years ago is all
But whatever on whomever thinks or wants to think the camp is theirs isn't really the issue. Am just wondering if this is back to rumor or if there is truth to it as I can't seem to find anything on it anywhere else.
We know the fisherman don't like the horses crossing the river but while I support the MTRA the posts on the site disturb me a little as they propose leaving the current camp for just MTRA usage (because they put in the well and such) yeah but they use the camp a couple times a year and I know for a fact we are up there a half dozen times a summer I don't think any group or individual has a right to think of it as theirs exclusively. Heck Tim's folks helped with the camp and cut some of the trees for the original sites way back when and when he was a kid they went almost every weekend from spring to fall.. and rode 100's of miles (all uphill and barefoot if you ask tim and his brother...kids never appreciate the opportunities their parents provide, LOL). Shall we age him they say his mom went back to camping and carried him in a pouch in front of her and he is lets just say his early 40's working on mid 40's now. And his parents were riding there before he was ever thoght of, so just a couple years ago is all
But whatever on whomever thinks or wants to think the camp is theirs isn't really the issue. Am just wondering if this is back to rumor or if there is truth to it as I can't seem to find anything on it anywhere else.
) What a shame to lose that camp and at a time like this to have the goverment spending the $ to put in new ones. Doesn't seem cost effective. Course neither does the nice people who come in every day to check the bathrooms even during the week when we were the only rigg in camp. (they would come through, then the DNR would come through and even had a nice chat with a county officer who stopped to visit and see the horses he wanted to know what kind of horse Bella was, LOL). Maybe when they are thinking a few cutbacks cutting down to checking in every couple days would be a thought, I dunno there has to be ways for them to cut their costs without cutting out all the camps.
My horse club & family has been going there for at least 30 yrs, I grew up camping there a week out of every year. I love that camp and the river is the main reason we like it....
